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“I had hit a personal low. I was out of work for the first time since I was seventeen. I had no job, a blank date book, and so much time on my hands I could lunch with the girls. Sure, I had money. But I was also a bit lost. The kids were grown and living their own lives. Without work, which had been central to my identity and my self-esteem for so many years, I was no longer sure who I was. I had been retired for two months, and already I was panicked.” Work EthicAging GracefullyPomegranatesFemale EmancipationBusiness MemoirOrchard Farming Book:Rubies in the Orchard: How to Uncover the Hidden Gems in Your Business Source: Rubies in the Orchard: How to Uncover the Hidden Gems in Your Business
“If you have a business website; make it stickier; redo the merchandising often and try new things until you hit the right homepage...then try and beat that. The most important audience drivers on the internet are paid search and key word optimization. Concentrate on those. They are very inexpensive compared to banner advertising.” IfsTryingImportantAudienceKeysInternetBeatsPaidAdvertisingDriversNew ThingsWebsiteBannerInexpensiveOptimizationMerchandisingRedos Author:Lynda Resnick
“As places of learning, schools have a responsibility to also educate on nutrition, which we all can agree is far more important than algebra, no matter what your third-period teacher claims.” ImportantMatterSchoolResponsibilityTeacherPeriodsThirdsClaimsNo Matter WhatAgreeEducateNutritionAlgebra Author:Lynda Resnick
“The film 'Slumdog Millionaire' portrays the spirit you feel in India. For those who haven't been there, the film says it all.” FeelsFilmSpiritHavensIndiaMillionaireSlumdog Millionaire Author:Lynda Resnick
“Just as TurboTax simplified much of the tax process, so has the colossally scary legal process been reduced to a kinder, gentler series of mouse clicks and 'Continue' buttons by LegalZoom, the online leader that has become so prominent in its market that it's practically a generic.” ProcessLeaderTaxesSeriesScaryOnlineButtonsMiceClicksProminentKinderGeneric Author:Lynda Resnick
“Since the advent of the Internet - more recently compounded by blogging - everyone can be a published voice. Any cowardly, anonymous anger-monger can have an audience of thousands. That doesn't make them a journalist any more than my throwing an onion and a few carrots into a pot of boiling water makes me Julia Child.” ChildrenVoiceWaterAudienceInternetJournalistPotThrowingCowardlyBloggingOnionsAdventCarrotsJuliaBoilingBoiling Water Author:Lynda Resnick
“Most Fortune 500 companies began as small start-ups whose entrepreneurial founders slowly developed the infrastructure, hired the staff, sourced manufacturers or built their own factory, and created distribution, sales, and marketing plans.” CompanyPlansBuiltFortuneMarketingFactoriesFoundersStaffDistributionInfrastructureEntrepreneurialMarketing Plans Author:Lynda Resnick
“Pomegranate juice has staying power. It's not a fad. Once people have tasted POM Wonderful, they say they are addicted - and it's a good addiction to have.” PeopleWonderfulAddictionStayingJuiceFadsStaying PowerPomegranates Author:Lynda Resnick
“Some of the most innocuous inventions have proven earth-shattering, with reverberations felt around the planet. The Internet is the poster child for disruptive technology, but even such inventions as Amazon's Kindle and Apple's iPod have rocked their respective industries by changing how we entertain ourselves.” ChildrenEarthFeltTechnologyPlanetsIndustryInternetInventionApplesProvenPostersAmazonIpodsKindlesDisruptiveShatteringReverberation Author:Lynda Resnick
“The thinner a newspaper or magazine is - due to reduced revenue from advertising dollars - the less editorial content because of the standard ad-to-editorial ratio, and the less money there is to support investigative journalism.” SupportStandardsDollarsDuesNewspapersAdvertisingMagazinesJournalismAdsRevenueRatiosEditorialsInvestigative Journalism Author:Lynda Resnick
“When people affected by epilepsy are reluctant to expose their condition, the public remains in the dark about it - a tragic irony that has made patient care and raising funds for research more than challenging.” PeopleMadeCareChallengesDarkConditionsResearchRemainsPatientIronyTragicFundAffectedReluctantEpilepsyPatient Care Author:Lynda Resnick
“When you wake up each morning, you can choose to be happy or choose to be sad. Unless some terrible catastrophe has occurred the night before, it is pretty much up to you. Tomorrow morning, when the sun shines through your window, choose to make it a happy day.” NightMorningSunTomorrowTerribleWindowWake UpShiningCatastropheUp To YouSun ShinesHappy DayChoose To Be HappyTomorrow Morning Author:Lynda Resnick
