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Handshake Cattle Deal
THE GOLDEN RULE, do you believe in applying it to your cattle deals? And if not do you sleep well at night?
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Writing Business Thank You Notes - The Art of Appreciation in Business
Writing business thank you notes - rare in the world of business - can forge a closer relationship to clients and ensure their future patronage. The article highlights the importance of business thank you notes and details key points to consider before sending such notes to customers.
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Band-aids Don't Cure Stress
I'm all for easing workplace stress and making life more enjoyable. But putting recreation facilities into the workplace to help manage the stress of long working hours is, at best, a band-aid measure and, at worst, harmful. Stress management is a whole-of-life issue and the real benefits of recreation for easing work stress and improving productivity come from creating your own custom-designed recreational experiences in your freely chosen location away from the work environment
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Moses, Business And The 80/20 Rule
Is the 80/20 Rule an abstract economic principle or is it a model of human behavior that works the same way every time? A Five Thousand year old story provides the answer. Understanding this story and its lessons will assist any business owner to stay focused, on track and on vision.
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Freelancer, Consultant, or Entrepreneur - What's the Difference?
All too often we bandy around the words freelancer, consultant, and entrepreneur as if they are interchangeable, although they are not. Sometimes our clients are confused. Often we are, too. When we aren't clear about how we offer our products and services, it makes it difficult for potential clients to know whether or not to hire us. This article describes the differences between freelancer, consultant, and entrepreneur.
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South African Mining Companies and Mining Houses are Being Reevaluated
The Department of Minerals and Energy has embarked on a small-scale mining programme aimed at encouraging and facilitating the development of economically viable small-scale mining and mineral-based industries, in line with the government's desire that small miners gain access to mineral rights suited to small mining activity.
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Selling Equity In Your Business to Raise Funds
Whether you are just starting a new business or need a cash infusion, the idea of selling an ownership interest will come to mind at some point. The question is whether this is a good idea or not.
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The New Consumption Patterns
Contemporary economic models present the typical consumer as deliberative and highly forward-looking, not subject to impulsive behavior. Shopping for a product or a service is seen as an information-gathering exercise in which the buyers look for the best possible deal for products and/or services they have decided to purchase.
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Laser Cutting
Laser cutting is a technology that uses a laser in cutting different kinds of materials, mostly metals such as carbon steel, aluminum, stainless steel and copper alloys. It is widely used in the metal fabrication industry to increase cutting speed and cutting capacity, reduce production costs, increase productivity and improve cutting quality.
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Benefits of a Lean Office: Is It for You?
Lean is no longer the propriety process and quality management mantra for manufacturing units. The success of Lean management in manufacturing units was bound to percolate to non-manufacturing processes sooner or later. Though Lean processes have been around for quite some time along with other quality processes such as Six Sigma, the interest in Lean Office has been recent due to the increase in the services sector through out the globe.
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Stop Complaining and Make a Change
I am going to write something that may not be popular, but if it offends you in anyway, it probably means that I’m writing this for you. I’m writing this to help you…not to criticize or belittle you. I want every entrepreneur to continue to grow throughout his online career and sometimes when we don’t accept change…we stop growing. I don’t want that to happen to you.
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Why Buy a Franchise?
Franchising is now exceeding over a Trillion dollars per year. According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, franchising is the safest road to success for the new businessperson.
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