How to be as Persistent as Your Granny

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Is your granny one of those kindly old ladies who won’t let you leave without pressing a $5 bill into your hand? Or does she insist you take home enough lasagna to last about 3 months? Your granny is persistent. She just won’t take no for an answer. But you [...]

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The Great Intuition Hoax

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It’s a hoax. It’s not really your intuition telling you not to proceed. It’s your fear. But sometimes it can be hard to tell the difference. I recently found myself standing on the edge of a major decision – one that would potentially change my life forever. I had to [...]

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7 Secrets to Help You Survive a Career Change

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Three bad things happened to Maria. Her life was like something you’d see on stage, but sadly for Maria Pendolino, the show was “A Series of Unfortunate Events.” Things around her just kept crashing. Finally, she had to step back and re-evaluate the situation. The first Unfortunate Event was the [...]

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6 Steps To World Domination: A Success Guide

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  Admit it. I know that your plan is to eventually take over the world. You’re certainly not content to just have a dull JOB. And you absolutely won’t settle for a teeny business that barely survives each month. No, your goal is nothing short of total world domination. I [...]

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“Random Acts of Pizza” and Your Great Career

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What the heck does pizza have to do with personal development and finding a great career? As it turns out, quite a bit. If you haven’t heard about “Random Acts of Pizza,” you’re in for a real treat: “Random Acts of Pizza is a community on the website Reddit.com that facilitates the [...]

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Have You Joined the “Working Dead”?

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  The thing about zombies is they don’t know they’re dead. Sure, they eat brains, but they’re still walking around all day doing whatever it is that zombies do. That’s why there’s a very real possibility that you’re a zombie and you don’t even know it. I’m fairly sure your brown [...]

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3 Truths the Boston Marathon Bombing Teaches Us

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The senseless violence and horrific images from the Boston Marathon bombing on Monday hit a little too close to home. Again. On September 11th, two planes took off from Boston’s Logan airport. I was there that morning, and completely ignorant and blissful, I boarded another plane headed to a scheduled [...]

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