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A week has past, and a productive one at that. 30,000 words on the right and 40,000 words on the left. That's all got to meet up in the middle somewhere. The thing is to trust and to persevere. It's o.k. that the time is now. The past provided the compost and now it's time…
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From: Geoffrey Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 11:27 AMTo: TheresaSubject: Sarum by Edward Rutherfurd Do you know this book? It’s FANTASTIC …. And it’s $8.99 and pre-orderable for 9/14 release. See? One truly can accomplish things at work. You just need to get your priorities in order.
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This one's for people that love and hate telecommunications…but mostly love photography.
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CompromisingPercentile: 87%Range: High Uses You may be using this mode most frequently because of the circumstances you face. A group of company presidents identified the following situations as times when compromising is especially useful and effective: When goals are moderately important but not worth the effort or the potential disruption involved in using more assertive…
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I'm motivated. Most folks are when it comes to something about which they're passionate. The mandate below that popped out of the old in box is, at its core, common sense stuff. I can fall in line with the message. However, issues of fit-form-functionality, as I like to say, also need attention. For someone such…
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"We learn from others, either directly or indirectly through their writing about their thoughts and experiences."
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Theresa, your results show a preference for direct, extrovert-acting, acceptingbehavior with secondary tendencies toward direct, controlling behavior. A personwith an accepting preference tends to accept what the environment offers and uses it to meet their inner needs. The opposite preference, called the control preference, tends to act on their environment—to change it—to meet their inner…
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And so the bulletin came across my machine today at work: WEATHER UPDATEResponding to local weather challenges In response to the winter storm that is impacting much of the eastern U.S. and Canada, Theresa's Place of Employment in Plano is encouraging employees to work from home, where appropriate, to conserve electricity and enable emergency crews…
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Upon returning to work after a restful holiday break, I walked into an uproar over a matter that I had to leave in the hands of my colleagues. The situation concerned putting together a portfolio for a major client. I left express directions for my work mates to follow regarding where I was in the…
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