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• Time to Organize that Office
  Topping my list of New Year's Resolutions: organizing my office. Easier said than done, thanks to years, literally, of paper, files and junk that have slowly taken over my desk and surrounding areas. More than the kitchen or bathrooms at home, the office and / or desk area tops the list of the most disorganized areas of our lives. With memos, business cards, magazines and actual work piling up daily, staying organized requires a daily commitment and above all a good system.

• 9 New Year’s Resolutions
  Have your personal finances been a bit of a challenge this past year? According to In2M Corporation's financial fitness survey conducted this past fall, you aren't alone!

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• Some Thoughts on Schooling
  Much is made over the importance of higher education, and rightly so. Those youths whose schooling ends with a high school diploma will, throughout life, find themselves with the same opportunity as persons who marry in haste: that of repenting at leisure. Just as a secondary school diploma was the prerequisite for entrée as a participant in the industrialized society of the early twentieth century, a bachelor's degree from a college or university is a minimal requirement for effectively competing in the technological environment that exists today. To ignore this fact is to ignore reality.

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• Eliminate Office Gossip: Six Skills to Kill Off the Rumor Mill at Work
  Who did what to whom? How did she get into trouble? Why did he miss the project deadline? If workplace gossip a part of your office, it is hurting you and your work environment.

• If the Shoe Fits
  "If I don't sell this novel, I'll open a shoe store." That's what I told my husband, and I meant it. Shoes were easy and fun -- I quested for them on an intuitive level only a shoe lover would understand -- whereas my career as a novelist, another passion, had been a struggle. My first two novels, published by a small press, had lasted a few weeks in bookstores before vanishing into the backlist. I was a published author but still had to do office work to survive. Then my publisher died and I couldn't find a home for my newest novel. My career was a bust before it really began. A dozen years, a marriage and two kids later, I was eager to dig into work again. The question was, do what?

• Serious Advice for Simmering Down this Summer
  The alarm goes off, you groan, hit snooze. Eventually you get up, forgo breakfast, get dressed, grab some coffee and rush out the door, only to sit in traffic for an hour. You're working long hours, hard hours, and still feel as if you're just scraping by. But what is it that you are working so hard for? Clothes? An expensive car? A greener lawn than your neighbor's? Will having all of these things really make you happy? Or are they just masking a greater problem? Stripped of a suit, sleek car, and lofty paycheck who are you?

• Five Ways to Update Your Home for Selling
  Warm weather is here, and the streets are full of prospective homebuyers. How do you make sure your property stands out above the rest? Here are a few ways you can update your home to make sure it shines to its full potential - and help you receive the largest return on your investment.

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