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Why a Self-SWOT Analysis is Essential for Your Growth

Photo Credit: bplans.com As a student, I learned about a SWOT Analysis being used as an analytical tool to study a company’s challenges and compare them to potential competitors. SWOT Analysis stands for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. The outcome from each component is useful in strategy. While used regularly for business, you can essentially …

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How I Took a Leap of Faith and Left the 9 to 5 lifestyle

Have you ever heard of the saying, “Do what you love and you will never work another day of your life again.”? When you’re passionate about what you do for a living, so passionate to the point where you cannot imagine any moment of the day without thinking about it. Your passion becomes part of who …

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Here’s a Quick Guide for the Girl Heading Off to College

Photo Credit: Pixabay Those four years of high school flew by, right? Well, spoiler alert: college years fly by too…maybe even a little faster. I will be graduating from college soon (screams, shouts and hollers songs of praise) so I know what it’s like to be a young girl heading off to college for the …

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9 Ways to Say “No” Without Being Passive Aggressive

Photo Credit: sharpmindmarketing.com Let’s make a deal today. Okay, you ready? Here it goes; stop explaining yourself to people. So happy to get that off my chest. But, there’s a little more to it. Why is it that we feel as though we have to indirectly seek forgiveness whenever we cannot fulfill the requests of …

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11 Monday Motivation Quotes to Get You Pumped on Any Day

The person responsible for the first #MondayMotivation post on social media is an absolute genius. Monday is the one day of the week with the worst reputation. Monday is like a glaring reminder that responsibility is standing behind every second of your work week until the moment you hit the road running on Friday, back …

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‘New Jack City’ Taught Me the #1 Rule of Being a Businessperson

Photo Credit: Warner Bros. Pictures Before we get into my reflections from New Jack City, which debuted in theaters 25 years ago this week, I will start by saying, yes I am aware it is a fictional story about crack. Nino Brown (Wesley Snipes), the drug kingpin responsible for initiating a sea of crack addicted individuals …

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