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John Wood discovered his passion, his greatest success, and his life’s work–not at business school or leading Microsoft’s charge into Asia in the 1990s–but on a soul-searching trip to the Himalayas. Wood felt trapped between an all-consuming career and a desire to do something lasting and significant. Stressed from the demands [...]
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Restaurants are one of the most frequently started small businesses, yet have one of the highest failure rates. Survivors need a powerful strategic advantage: a sound business plan and feasibility study prior to opening. A new study from The Ohio State University has found the restaurant industry failure rate between 1996 [...]
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Restaurants are one of the most frequently started businesses, yet they have one of the highest failure rates. A study from the Ohio State University reports the restaurant failure rate is between 57 percent and 61 percent after only three years. Don t be a statistic on the wrong side; plan [...]
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New technologies and workplace pressures have extended the working day, reduced time off, and often disconnected workers from their communities. Vacations are often too short or simply not taken and stress-reduction techniques and medications may address the symptoms of the problem but rarely the causes. The solution for many of these [...]
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“Anyone with champagne tastes and a beer budget is sure to appreciate this very wise guidebook.”
An indispensable resource for getting more luxury for less when you travel. — Richard Woulfe, Cruise Marketing Group
It’s nice to see advice on how to travel inexpensively in style that [...]
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So You Graduated College is a book written specifically for the recent college graduate. Many finance books claim to be for the younger generation, but in reality, they are little more than the typical adult personal finance book with the words “young people” or “under 30” slapped on their covers. [...]
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Cheap Ways To… isn’t really about being cheap. While recycling is good, this book doesn’t advocate using Wal-Mart bags for your trash cans, using coffee grounds twice, avoiding flushing the toilet or taking advantage of other people’s generosity. The fun, innovative ideas found in Cheap Ways To… are designed to help [...]
With information on travel, business opportunities, cost of living, medical care, culture, climate and more, this book will define exciting and different options for retirement.
About the Author
John Howells has authored and coauthored nine travel-retirement books. He travels extensively and lives in Pacific Grove, [...]
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The professional services market is under continuous pressure to change. Some firms have responded well, many have tried and failed. Professionals are trained to analyze and debate, rather than decide and act. Implementation and speed of response within professional firms remains a key problem. While there are many management books focusing [...]
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Whether you are presenting a product, giving a press conference, interviewing for a job, addressing an audience - you are selling. Selling is about persuading, and you have to think fast on your feet to be adept at it. As one of the most popular professional business [...]
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