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Laurel A. Rockefeller
- Nov 25, 2016
- 4 min
Repost: 10 Brutal Truths About Success No One Wants to Hear
Today I found this article from Inc. on Twitter about finding success–both personally and professionally. I really love it and I think you will too! Author: Jeff Haden. “Ask successful people how they achieved their success and you’ll hear words like “hard work,” “sacrifice,” and “persistence.” Dig a little deeper and you’ll find some other common attitudes and habits, like these: 1. They know their success was only inevitable in hindsight. Read stories of successful entrepre
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Laurel A. Rockefeller
- Nov 10, 2016
- 4 min
Repost: 11 Things Truly Successful People Never Do
This morning I found this article from Inc. about success. The information is so good I have to share! “1. Successful people refuse to fit in a box. “Thinking outside the box” is a business cliché writ large. But truly successful people do more than that–they live outside the box. They don’t let other people define them, whether those other people are malicious or well-meaning. They don’t listen to the jealous boss who tells them that they’ll never be a leader. Perhaps more
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Laurel A. Rockefeller
- Aug 29, 2015
- 3 min
Donald Trump and What “Conservative” Really Means
Across 2015 we’ve been treated to a renewed and very vocal outcry of white power, anti-immigrant sentiment (let’s include Britain’s UKIP party here). Trump’s obstinate rudeness in the name of not being “politically correct” has ended all pretenses of civility and human decency as thousands flock to hear and echo his race baiting and misogyny, messages that are designed to put the rest of us in our “proper” place. Respected journalist Jorge Ramos confronting Trump on his immi
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Laurel A. Rockefeller
- Dec 24, 2014
- 6 min
Reblog: What Are the REAL Odds of Being a Successful Author?
Okay, you have your new year’s resolution all set! Now you are ready to go make a splash professionally. Before you look at site statistics and let yourself feel overwhelmed, please take a look at what Kristen Lamb has to say about the odds of your success and how much control you really have over it. I do not agree with everything in this article, but it is certainly worth thinking about. What Are the REAL Odds of Being a Successful Author? didn’t even consider becoming a
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Laurel A. Rockefeller
- Oct 7, 2014
- 1 min
Followup News: Booklinker REVERSES advertising policy
Blogging makes a difference! After reporting on 4th October 2014 regarding Booklinker’s new plan to charge authors a monthly fee to use their links without intrusive advertisements before customers can reach Amazon.com, Booklinker has JUST REVERSED their decision, “Laurel A. Rockefeller, This is just a quick email to let you know that we at BookLinker have reversed our decision to use advertising as a means to fund our service. This means that all BookLinker links are now co
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Laurel A. Rockefeller
- Aug 19, 2014
- 4 min
Reblog: 9 Things Successful People Won’t Do
https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140818190427-50578967-9-things-successful-people-won-t-do Some great advice for becoming more successful! Here is Mr. Bradbury’s article in full: —————————– My last post, How Successful People Stay Calm, really struck a nerve (it’s already approaching 1.5 million reads here on LinkedIn). The trick is that managing your emotions is as much about what you won’t do as it is about what you will do. TalentSmart has tested more than a
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