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The Sandwich King: The Early Years of Subway’s Fred DeLuca
Fred DeLuca was nothing more than a kid from “The Projects”, looking for a way to pay his college tuition when he opened up a sandwich store in Bridgeport, Connecticut. At the time, he could not even afford the $25 lawyer’s fee he needed to sign the lease. That was back in 1956. Today, his store has blossomed into the third largest fast food chain in the world. Subway remains one of the largest global privately held companies and earns revenues in excess of $9.5 billion.

When women leave the workplace
Many women who leave the workplace to raise children become isolated and depressed. As you might have read in my article in Reader's Digest, my friend Jennifer is different. She realized that having a community, preserving her relationships, and making new friends was going to be as important to her happiness at home as it was to her success at work. And she is rocking!

Q&A - Problem with a mentor
Here's a tough situation a NeverEatAlone reader is having with his mentor (and that's the first problem -- only having 1 mentor!). My quick two cents follows. Also check out Chapter 29 in Never Eat Alone, "Find Mentors, Find Mentees, Repeat."
What Is Truth?
I found myself recently engaged in a discussion which centered around the question "what is truth?" An interesting question which poses many risks in terms of providing an answer. When I refer to risks, I am of course talking about the polar opposite exercise of earnestly pursuing too deep a philosophical debate that accomplishes little more than inflaming personal passions or, conversely, falling into a whimsical irreverence that is reminiscent of the Bill Cosby "why is there air" routine.
Get Paid To Write Online
Getting paid to write can be a very good way of earning an income from the web. There are many sites offering opportunities that you can take advantage of. Or you can start your own site with your own articles.
The Three Legged Sale
Conventional wisdom tells you that if you can sell the leader you will sell the rest of them. That works sometimes. What do you do if the leader isn’t interested in your product or already has something similar?
Reason Number 11 You Can’t Sell Insurance
You don’t know how to listen even though you think you do. You never had a class on listening in school, and you certainly didn’t learn how to listen from going to school.

Bad Behaviour what we do wrong
The top 20 flaws that hold most people back in the workplace are rarely ones of skill, intelligence, or personality. They are challenges in interpersonal behaviour, often leadership behaviour. They are the everyday annoyances that make your workplace noxious!...

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Tailor the Sale
I was watching a feature film on cable TV, It's a Great Feeling, staring Doris Day and Dennis Morgan. Doris is sitting outside the train station in Los Angeles. Three little Mexican children approach her with their musical instruments. They offer to play a song for her for ten cents . . . or leave for 15 cents.

Directing His Own Success: How Spielberg Climbed to the Top
He went from charging five cents per ticket to viewing parties for his homemade movies to becoming the most commercially successful director in Hollywood history. He has challenged the industry by tackling difficult subjects in his films, working hard to reach the top of his game and remaining there for over thirty years. How did this shy, socially awkward boy from Cincinnati become one of the biggest and most respected names in Hollywood today?
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Your 2-Cents' Worth
Q&A - Problem with a mentor
Here's a tough situation a NeverEatAlone reader is having with his mentor (and that's the first problem -- only having 1 mentor!). My quick two cents follows. Also check out Chapter 29 in Never Eat Alone, "Find Mentors, Find Mentees, Repeat."
From The Ashes Rose The Phoenix
Many businesses are playing defense to protect themselves from the downturn in the economy. How many of you are cutting muscle and not fat? Are you being too nearsighted about where your company is positioned and not looking for opportunities to increase market share? Is your team prepared to take on the business of failed competitors? Would you be able to handle that business if the opportunity should arise? Does the condition of your balance sheet and credit lines put you in a position to "buy out" a competitor for cents on the dollar? Get out your binoculars and start looking ahead and set a goal for where you want to be once this shakes out.

Truth in Numbers
Why Outsourcing your Bookkeeping Makes Cents Many people still associate outsourcing with manufacturing or global workforces, but it is much more. Outsourcing is an efficient way to manage special projects or overflow, expand staffing resources, and grow your business. Many businesses outsource critical business tasks that require specialized knowledge such as bookkeeping.

How to think out of the box regarding Equity
Equity is expensive and investors want to buy assets for 10 to 30 cents on the dollar. There are a number of different sources for equity that can be accessed.

Manage your Assets but Lead your People
I have had suggestions made to me by owners, presidents and CEOs that would baffle the mind of most professionals that have integrity. For example, I once was asked to fire an individual because his wife's illness had caused the company to reach their catastrophic cap in their insurance program. This same owner would intentionally run mail that contained checks to his vendors through the meter at two cents so they would arrive with postage due. He thought this was a great cost savings idea until the government sent him a cease and desist letter.

Running on Empty?
Leslie leaves her job after 18 years for another that pays about the same amount of money. Raymond leaves his new job of six months for another job that pays 25 cents an hour more with a longer commute. Sarah is looking for a job in another field because she is tired of all the negativity at her current firm. What do these three have in common? They all did not feel appreciated at work.

Sometimes, price is an attitude
Passed a store the other day. The sign read 99 CENTS! And the subtitle was, "Everything $1 and up".
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