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Have you completed employee reviews in the last month? Did it feel like a good use of your time? Did you feel like you were really building value in your company or did you feel like you were checking off a box on someone else’s cover-my-butt list?
Be honest.
When your Outlook [...]

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Pam Slim has just published Escape from Cubicle Nation
based on her hugely popular blog of the same name. Pam’s work focuses on helping corporate employees start their own businesses. [Side note: I highly recommend this book if you are considering making the move]
In the first excerpt from our interview, Pam explains how [...]

 

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Do you ever get a feeling that your job has lost its luster? A job that used to motivate you now requires you to get yourself pumped up before you do it?
Check out what I learned at a No Doubt concert this weekend - how to know when you have outgrown your work. [...]

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Want to do something different, but can't figure out what it is? Or how to do more meaningful work without jeopardizing your lifestyle?
Join me for a special tele-class this Wednesday night, June 10th at 5pm ET: Don't wait to test-drive your dreams (How to start now without quitting your job).
It's [...]

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Business trips suck - we all know that. But did you know that business trips and lunch breaks can be 2 of the best times to find fun?
On my first trip to Hong Kong, I learned that they can be great times to try out new interests - the first step towards developing your [...]

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I knew a guy (call him 'Tom') who had a detailed "Top 10" list of requirements for any prospective girlfriend. She had to be blonde, athletic, intelligent, Ivy League-educated, successful, from a good family, and more.
Tom met a woman once who came close, but when every date was compared to that top 10 ideal, [...]

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Nick Williams’ career as an author began in 1999 with the release of his first book The Work We Were Born To Do and he has recently started a new online community called the Inspired Entrepreneur.
“This guy is living on the streets telling me to cheer up”
Nick began his working life selling [...]

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While running a growing business as his day job, Ed Kushins began HomeExchange.com in the early ‘90s as a way to combine his love for travel and his enthusiasm for the home exchange concept. Now retired from his main business, Ed has made HomeExchange.com into the wildly successful business that has been featured [...]

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While running a growing business as his day job, Ed Kushins began HomeExchange.com in the early ‘90s as a way to combine his love for travel and his enthusiasm for the home exchange concept. Now retired from his main business, Ed has made HomeExchange.com into the wildly successful business that has been featured [...]

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The Avocationist had a great summer, including 3 weeks in Paris courtesy of a home exchange with a French family. My family and I arranged this trip using HomeExchange.com, a company founded by Ed Kushins. Ed started his service while running a separate business full-time. He had a long-term view towards having a [...]

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