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It is easy to have a dream. It is hard to turn it into reality and make plan to achieve your dreams. I have to remind myself of this daily.

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My family and I have always been big direct marketing followers. We all have a big dream of working for ourselves and building our own empire. It boils down to we want to live our lives and do what we love.

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https://www.inc.com/michael-schneider/google-did-an-internal-study-that-will-forever-change-how-they-hire-and-promote-.html

Google has always been a place where you want to work. The employees are really taken care of.

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https://www.forbes.com/sites/amyanderson/2013/01/14/good-leaders-are-invaluable-to-a-company-bad-leaders-will-destroy-it/#64426fbe1138

You can really tell how the leadership is within a company based on the satisfaction of the employees. When I started my job last year I kept waiting for the moment where it was too good to be true. After a year of being there I still love it.

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https://www.bizjournals.com/bizjournals/how-to/growth-strategies/2013/06/the-difference-between-a-group-and-a.html

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Knowing the right words and when to say them can get you very far in life.

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https://www.forbes.com/sites/deeppatel/2017/07/17/the-pros-and-cons-of-outsourcing-and-the-effect-on-company-culture/#1ae45779562d

There are pro's and con's of hiring outside of a company.

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https://www.bls.gov/ooh/management/human-resources-managers.htm

Human Resources is vital to a business and is so much more than just hiring and firing employees.

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https://www.strategy-business.com/article/10-Principles-of-Organizational-Culture?gko=71d2f

This article was very helpful in understanding organizational culture and what to do if you need to change certain aspects of the business.

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https://hbr.org/2013/05/what-is-organizational-culture

This article was interesting and shows how complex and different each business is.

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Managers need to know what their employees can handle.

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https://hbr.org/2016/11/make-sure-your-teams-workload-is-divided-fairly

I have worked so many jobs where work is not distributed evenly. I think it's important that managers understand how important it is to divide work equally.

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This caught my attention because if you continue doing the same thing how do you expect to get different results.

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It's important to have short term and long term plans for any business.

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http://www.ikea.com/ms/en_US/grand-opening/jacksonville.html?cid=a1:ps%7Ca2:se%7Ca3:IKE-GOP-022_Google_Brand_Jacksonville_BMM%7Ca4:%2BIKEA%20%2BJacksonville%7Ca5:Broad%7Ca6:google%7Ca7:cq%7Cid:IKEA%20Jacksonville%20GOP%7Ccc:915&Campaign=IKE-GOP-022_Google_Brand_Jacksonville_BMM&c

Choosing to expand your business is a huge step and can be very risky. There is a lot of planning and decision-making that goes into expanding and opening new locations.

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http://smallbusiness.chron.com/importance-planning-organization-1137.html

You can't have a business without a plan.

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https://saylordotorg.github.io/text_international-business/s07-04-global-business-ethics.html

No matter how small or large your business is it is always important to stay ethical.

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I know that we talked about Marriott in our discussion but I think it's worth bringing up again. I LOVE Marriott and I think they are a great company to look at when learning about global companies. It started out as just selling rootbeer floats and now look how many brands of hotels they have. Incredible!

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http://fortune.com/global500/

I think it is always important to step back and look at the most successful companies and figure out why. As a small business owner sometimes I have to look at other companies to compare and see what consumers want and what they don't want.

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I really like this quote. The world is constantly changing and to continue to be successful you have to adapt and predict what will be your next step.

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http://news.cuna.org/articles/112043-managing-todays-multigenerational-workforce

I think its so important to have different generations in a work place. Every culture and age brings different ideas and experience to the table.

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I think this graphic is very important. There are lots of different ways to become sustainable as a company but this graphic shows a lot of common goals.

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https://www.mckinsey.com/global-themes/gender-equality/women-in-the-workplace-2017

This article had a lot of interesting points. This article is about Women in the Workplace in 2017.

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It can be difficult as a woman to move up in company. I think most companies have made a lot of changes to make it easier.

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I have to remind myself this a lot. Your success is up to you and only you can change what type of person or employee you want to be.

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We have all had that one manager. I just thought this was kind of funny and I feel like the more professional jobs I have I see this less and less.

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I think it is important to reflect on why these CEO's are so successful and to incorporate that into how you manage and run your business.

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In relation to the discussion, I have posted this pictures because it is just incredible to think how far an idea has come. You can do anything you set your mind too.