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 <description>&lt;p&gt;Enjoyed reading this article.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;However, so what if some people don&#039;t want to go to college?  We need all types of workers and entreprenurs in this country and not everyone was made to go to college or wants to go.  And age has nothing to do with it!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;--&lt;br /&gt;
Upwards and onwards,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Maria Marsala&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Strategic Business Advisor,  Speaker, Author and former Wall Street Trader&lt;br /&gt;
Cell:  (360) 271-8418    Office:  (425) 440-9659&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;We help business o&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:19:08 -0400</pubDate>
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&lt;p&gt;I’m not sure what the history of &quot;excuses&quot; is, except to know that a majority of the time excuses equal some sort of self-dishonestly. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;They’re part of what we thought we &quot;should do&quot; vs. being a &quot;must do&quot;! Excuses come from us not being able to take our own &quot;no’s&quot;. They’re what we say to people so that we &quot;don’t hurt their feelings&quot;. Excuses are what we say so that others don’t hurt us. Excuses are part of what we’re tolerating in our life (that which draws out our energy and squashes it)! &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/maria-marsala/women-serviceprenurs-moving-ahead/stop-excuses&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:47:16 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title>How to Position Yourself for Future Growth by Cutting Back Time Wasters</title>
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&lt;p&gt;Savvy business owners can not only survive bad times, but also position themselves for future growth and prosperity. How can you do it? In a word: focus. Focus your energy on trimming the fat in your business and measuring the value of how, and with whom, you spend your time. After you assess which activities add value to your business, eliminate time and energy wasters. Here are some ways you can narrow your focus and enhance your efforts to grow your business:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/maria-marsala/women-serviceprenurs-moving-ahead/how-position-yourself-future-growth-cutting-bac&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:41:35 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title>Live Life Deliberately: Design A Vision!</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;Sarah Hughes, Gold Metal Skater, had hers at age six. Joseph Campbell, folklore author, found his after visiting the Museum of History in NYC. At age 4, Oprah Winfrey remembers watching her grandmother washing clothes by boiling them – Oprah “knew” then her life would be different. They all found something that raised their inner vibrations, their passion — and created a vision.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/maria-marsala/women-serviceprenurs-moving-ahead/live-life-deliberately-design-vision&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:43:39 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title>Reach &amp; Attract Pre-Qualified Prospects with Teleclasses</title>
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Small Business Owners: Reach &amp;amp; Attract Pre-Qualified Prospects with Teleclasses
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You are probably already using a variety of the tools in your marketing toolbox – a website with fresh content, regular emails campaigns, strategic media placements, quality networking. But have you considered the underutilized marketing goldmine of a teleseminar?
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/maria-marsala/women-serviceprenurs-moving-ahead/reach-attract-pre-qualified-prospects-teleclass&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:41:16 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title>When You Want a Great Business, You Want The One Page Business Plan(r)</title>
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&lt;span&gt;Business Good, But You Want GREAT? Then It’s Time To Kick-Start Your Business&lt;/span&gt;
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&amp;#160;
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&lt;span&gt;Businesses can do well without planning, many do. However, to become a high performing organization, to grow rapidly, a company really needs a planning and monitoring process. Got yours? I sure do have mine!&lt;/span&gt;
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 <pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:38:33 -0400</pubDate>
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&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Business plans – easier than you think, critical to prolonged success—and on one page!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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 <pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2008 00:58:46 -0500</pubDate>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;The light grey borders around the various areas of the website don&#039;t differenciate the different areas of the site.  They all also seem to be the same size.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2008 00:55:55 -0500</pubDate>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;My blog topic does not seem to fall under any of the catagories.  So, my suggestion is to add a catagory for SMB or small business or business.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2008 00:47:07 -0500</pubDate>
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