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The Perfect Credit Score (and Why You Shouldn’t Obsess Over It)

Working hard to earn and maintain excellent credit scores is certainly worth your time. Your credit scores impact your bottom line in many different ways, from the mortgage rates you receive to your car insurance premiums to the deposit requirements you’ll pay. Building great credit is nothing short…

Sep 2, 2018

The Speaker Persona You Need to Develop

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I’ve worked for many years with speakers on developing their unique personas. What’s the exact right mix of charisma, authenticity, perspicacity, authority, expertise, approachability, charm, humor, strength, and credibility that works for each individual? Of course, a few basic traits keep coming…

Sep 2, 2018

Vote for our SXSW panel on how to Escape the Post-Truth Era

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AJ Davis AJ Davis is a user advocate & product leader. She runs Sitleo to help companies understand and act on user behavior. She loves improv, her dog, and traveling. Aug 29 This is the last week for SXSW’s community voting and commenting (voting closes on Thursday, August 30th). Show some love for…

Sep 2, 2018

FileMaker and PayPal - Free Demo File - FileMakerProGurus

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Integrate FileMaker and PayPal As many developers (but not many users) know, most development languages (PHP, C, Java, Javascript, Python, Ruby on Rails, etc.) have a major advantage over FileMaker: Custom code already developed in their language to connect to various online services (API's).…

Sep 2, 2018

Venedig-Eröffnungsfilm "First Man": Mehr Space, bitte!

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Universal Pictures/ La Biennale di Venezia Das Filmfestival von Venedig eröffnet seine 75. Ausgabe mit einem Hollywood-Epos: Ryan Gosling spielt den "First Man" auf dem Mond in einem zu bodenständigen Film von Oscar-Gewinner Damien Chazelle. Große Erwartungen konnte man schon haben an den…

Sep 2, 2018

Trump's Plan to Balloon the US Trade Deficit

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♠ Posted by Emmanuel in Americana , Trade at 8/29/2018 05:03:00 PM Inside Trump's plan to blow up [and not send down] the US trade deficit to kingdom come. Trump claims that his various trade wars--against Europe, Asia, North America, and pretty much everybody else--are intended to bring down the US…

Sep 2, 2018

3 smart enterprise productivity apps

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As well as identifying useful tips , I spend time kicking productivity-focused apps around. I wanted to write about three I find quite promising — they make meetings more productive, keep better meeting notes, and put you in control of email. The snag is that they demand you provide access to some…

Sep 2, 2018

Toward a Science of Enlightenment — Four Big Ideas from Jeffery Martin

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Jeffery Martin is an entrepreneur who became a social scientist. This career change was driven by his growing interest in the subject of happiness. Who are the happiest people? Martin wanted to know. And what do they have to teach the rest of us? In a conversation with Jeffrey Mishlove , Martin…

Sep 2, 2018

Why You Don't Actually Need Money to Make Money

entrepreneur.com

August29, 2018 5 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. "It takes money to make money." It's a very frustrating phrase. Where am I supposed to get the money I need to make the money I need? Is there some sort of vault I am unaware of? While I have incredible,…

Sep 2, 2018

4 Steps to Make Bookkeeping Easier

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Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Michelle Mangen . Staring at a pile of receipts and wondering where you put your checking account password is enough to make anyone hop onto Facebook to look at cats. Trust me, I know! These attempts at avoidance only intensify when tax time approaches and the…

Sep 2, 2018

My Home and Auto Maintenance Checklist

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One of my earliest popular posts on The Simple Dollar was a home and auto maintenance checklist that I put together with the help of my parents shortly after moving into our house and becoming a homeowner for the first time. I knew, even then, that maintaining one’s home and automobile not only…

Sep 2, 2018

INTERVIEW: Jackie Venson Stands Her Ground With "Never Say Die" - Audiofemme

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Jackie Venson’s music feels good. Its laid back vibe mirrors Austin, Texas, the city she calls home. In recent years however, Venson’s music, like many artists living in the era of Trump, has taken on a bit more of an edge, her lyrics tackling the shift in American culture. “‘Never Say Die’ is a…

Sep 2, 2018

Turn Your Fitness Weaknesses into Fitness Strengths

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I spend a good amount of time as the Get-Fit Guy defining and re-defining the word fitness because I think people get it confused or conflated with either being skinny or being muscle bound. But it is both more simple and more important than either of those ideals. Being fit can be boiled down to…

Sep 2, 2018

Tags for OmniFocus 3 - Learn OmniFocus

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OmniFocus 3 Tags can help you quickly and conveniently hone in on the projects and actions that are most relevant. The following directory showcases some of the many ways in which tags can be employed. Use these as a starting point and adapt them to accommodate your life and work. Create as many…

Aug 31, 2018