Like many kids, I struggled to engage at school and found academia a challenge. Not only because I wanted to be out in the big world earning money but as a dyslexic teenager, my teachers just ‘didn’t get me’. I was deemed ‘a disruption’ and told I would never amount to anything and for a
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Monthly Archives: November 2017
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Got Job Hoppers? How to Adapt to Modern Turnover Rates
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What does “job hopping” really look like in today’s workforce? Here is what it means for employers
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From Law School to Las Vegas Restaurant: How I Became the First Latina Executive Chef on the Strip
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Duane Marc-Anthony From Trinidad And Tobago Achieves Diamond Rank At OneLife
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Duane Marc-Anthony is one of the most outstanding leaders of Success4All, the team led by Igor E. Alberts and Andreea Cimbala, which is placing the Caribbean and its teams at the front of the industry.
Duane is well loved and referred to by many as Mr. DMA. A native and resident of the Caribbean jewel, Trinidad and Tobago, he is the 4th of 5 children of a middle class family.
Duane’s success story started when his ambition took a serious turn from the corporate world of insurance and finance to that of being involved in a different business that resulted in wealth, success and empowerment of people, as well as in achieving the dream of being financially free.
Being an insurance agent, working long hours, having an unstable income, passing through over exhaustion and, of course, not having free time for friends and family didn’t seem to bring any significant results any time soon, but on the contrary, led to a disaster.
“This obviously was a turning point in my life because as a young married man, I promised my family the world, but there I was watching my car being repossessed,
seeing an empty fridge and wondering what world would I ever give to
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Novak Djokovic: Becoming #1 in the World and Overcoming the Odds
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These 13 Skills Will Improve Your Branding Efforts
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So, What's Your Story? 3 Ways Storytelling Can Help Boost Your Business.
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As entrepreneurs, we’re all in a perpetual “competitive admissions” game. Stories connect your customers to you.
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Entrepreneurs: Here's What You Need to Know About Your Company's 'Net Promoter Score'
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NPS is crucial to understanding the health of your business when you ask customers “the most important question of all.”