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This Digital Nomad Couple Sold Everything to Travel the World in a Sailboat—Here’s What They’ve Learned About Life, Goal Setting and Relationships

Success

Before officially shoving off in 2018, Ellison and Darsy led what some might call typical lives. He stumbled on a story about Matt and Jessica Johnson, an American couple who sold everything to buy a sailboat and travel the world with their cat. The story lit a spark for the couple, though they had no experience sailing.

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The Founder of Bite Toothpaste Is on a Zero-Waste Mission, But She Never Intended to Disrupt the Oral Care Industry

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Although she was able to use refillable containers for most toiletry items like shampoo, conditioner and lotion, it was those pesky travel-sized toothpaste tubes that she couldn’t refill and would have to throw away. In 2018, zero-waste bloggers began talking about Bite online, and the product gained momentum.

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Assistants Must Excel at the Fundamentals

Office Dynamics

From Joan Burge’s new book, Joan’s Greatest Administrative Secrets Revealed (2018). For 28 years, I have been teaching assistants to pay attention to the fundamentals such as meeting planning, travel planning, calendar maintenance, organizational skills, follow-up systems, time management, and communications. This is not smart.

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Set Stretch Goals

Office Dynamics

From Joan Burge’s new book, Joan’s Greatest Administrative Secrets Revealed (2018). He was a District Supervisor, who with all District Supervisors, reported to my boss and had to give me their weekly travel schedules. I am confident traveling and going to unfa­miliar places. NOW AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE.

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Shining a Light on Black Assistants: It’s Not Black & White

Bonnie Low Kramen

I wrote an article in 2018 called “ Times Up for the Boss ” and I raise these ideas in our Be the Ultimate Assistant workshops. As women, we are intuitively mindful of our personal safety while traveling alone in ways that men are not. We either need to travel together or I get approval to order a car service. Or, I don’t go.

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Who Needs an Office? 10 Entrepreneurs Weigh In on the Future of Virtual Work

Success

For that matter, who needs to travel to a meeting? Also, you can begin with free web services like ZOHO CRM [for managing your sales, marketing, customer support and inventory in a single system] and upgrade after your business has earned the cash to pay for new purchases.”.

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Decoding Decision-Making: Andrea Pirrotti-Dranchak’s Insights on Marketing Strategies

Allwork

We know that in our world, typically people will travel 15 minutes max, not miles, but minutes max in order to get to the workplace. So the marketing process, I would say, doesn’t stop when the customer purchases. The decision makers in the company is it the CEO, CFO, CHRO, the influencers and the users. 30% to 35% open rate.

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