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Good things come in small packages. This familiar cliché usually refers to precious stones, but today it's taken on new meaning, in that small things are now protecting items we deem valuable. Analysts estimate that the retail industry loses US $50B a year to theft and up to ten times that much to counterfeiting. High-end products such as cosmetics, fragrances and pharmaceuticals are most likely to be stolen or counterfeited. Many retailers and manufacturers believe that this big problem may ...
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I believe that as solo-entrepreneurs, business owners, and executives we all need a pat on the back. Give yourself commendation. Why? Because we have the courage to step outside of the corporate box and start our own businesses, be our own boss and take on the challenge and responsibilities required for this adventure. In order to even contemplate that step we must have had a vision, a dream and a passion to bring it to fruition. So commend yourself. Now, we're in business. We've been working ...
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Enron Executive goes to prison for 10 years, Martha Stewart is under house arrest, and Bill Clinton averages $150,000 per speaking engagement. It all comes down to decisions on the fly, no pun intended. What you may not even think is an important decision at the time, could bring down your company or your employers, in less time than it takes to say to the massage parlor attendant, "Do you take Amex?" Does it seem like the world has gone to hell in a hand basket overnight? With CEO's ...
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10 TIPS to COLOR CODE YOUR PAPER: FROM CHAOS TO COHERENCE BY EVE ABBOTT, EXCERPTED FROM HER NEW BOOK, HOW TO DO SPACE AGE WORK WITH A STONE AGE BRAIN TM Color-There Is No Substitute In anatomical illustrations you see the brain's visual system, where the optic nerve is actually 25 times faster than our audio nerves (hearing). No matter which processing style you depend on, 90 percent of the sensory perceptions received by your brain are visual. This is undoubtedly why color-coding works even ...
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In March 2000, Peter Scannell had only a fundamental knowledge of how a mutual fund company worked. Despite this, he got a job at Putnam Investments' call center in Quincy , Massachusetts . Peter Scannell was only working there a short time when he became aware of efforts by outside investors to make rapid trades in and out of Putnam. Calls would flood the call center in the late afternoons between 3 and 4 pm. The trades were made by eager investors ready to make huge transfers, reflecting a ...
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Many of us want to show our appreciation to those special service people in our life at holiday time via etiquette tipping. However, trying to figure out what we should tip them is sometimes puzzling. No one wants to be a cheapskate, but over tipping can put a dent in our budget. Then there's trying to figure out who we should tip. According to Peter Post, director of the Emily Post Institute and author of Essential Manners for Couples, "You tip the people who perform services for you ...
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If you have opened the Tucson phone book lately you might have noticed that the area is just packed full of carpet cleaners. How can anyone choose a good and reliable carpet cleaning company? It is easy if you just follow a few steps. Read this article to find out how to choose a Tucson carpet cleaning company. The first thing you need to do or not do is shop solely on price. If you choose the cheapest cleaner you will probably get the worst cleaning. You need to look instead for the best ...
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In a world where the news flashes daily images of war, terrorism and crime more Americans are dreaming of a safe, quiet place to call home. They imagine moving to a small town community where safety and simplicity are easy to find. Potential homebuyers between the ages of forty and sixty are the most likely to be fed up with the fast pace of city dwelling. They are in search of a renewed sense of community and family. Relocation or purchase of a second home in a rural area can also be ...
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In Toronto there many type of Maid services available at your doorstep. There are professionals and amateurs also. But to hire a professional service provider is always advisable. There are service providers who are committed to provide the best professional maids with relevant experience from whom you will perhaps have no complaint whatsoever. The house keepers are also equally qualified and trained to perfection. These professional service providers value the quality of service from their ...
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____________________________________________ "There's only one thing more contagious than a good attitude ' and that's a bad attitude'Most bad attitudes are the result of selfishness.' -John Maxwell ' The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork "A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle." - Benjamin Franklin ____________________________________________ Great leaders know how to focus on the team ahead of themselves. They do this by developing a "We" focus. Consider an exercise I often run ...
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Do you have experience in the commercial cleaning field, and may be tired of your low paying job? Or are you a person with little, or no commercial cleaning experience, but is looking for a low-cost way to start a business? If this is you, or even if you are somewhere in between, you may want to start considering opening a commercial cleaning service of your own. An office cleaning business is a low-risk, and high reward business model, with low costs starting out. If opening your own ...
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Massachusetts (MA) has had a history of Water damage that has caused its residents inconvenience very often. Thousands of Families get affected by this problem. Whatever may be the reason natural cause or accident or simply a plumbing problem when ones home and anything in it is damaged and affected it is horrific.  Keeping in mind the architecture of home in US, mostly wood, makes them more vulnerable to damage by water. If there is a flood and a home is affected then it becomes very ...
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Being "Other" Focused In the Wall Street Journal, Franklin Lavin, U.S. Ambassabor to Singapore wrote the Manager's Journal column about some of the things he learned from the late President Reagan while working on his staff. ******** PLEASE NOTE ************ If you are thinking about moving on from this article because of your feelings about the politics of President Reagan, please don't. The lesson I am about to share isn't about politics or partisan-ship, or any of those ...
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DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA AND WAITSFIELD, VERMONT' Resort Maps, creator of more than 90 customized travel maps across the United States, England and Puerto Rico, recently began work on the first edition of a map of Delray Beach, Florida.  Resort Maps are colorful, hand-drawn maps of resort towns and cities, free to area visitors. The creation of the Best of Delray Beach Resort Map will show what the area has to offer by highlighting local attractions, restaurants, accommodations, retail shops, ...
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