Every year, from Thanksgiving until New Year’s, the business pages of the newspaper are filled with prognistications of whether holiday retail sales will meet expectations. In 2011, holiday sales represented 20% of total retail industry sales. For some retailers, holiday purchases represent 40% of annual sales. Those people are allowed to stress out about the holidays. But why are the rest of us so stressed out?
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Do you consider yourself a procrastinator? Interestingly, most people do. Even though I teach time management and productivity, that’s no guarantee that I won’t succumb to the lure of on-line Sudoku in spite of my beautifully prioritized to-do list. Recently, I had two tasks that I just couldn’t get started on. I got everything else done but still couldn’t get started on those two. When I ran out of time-wasters, I even did some productive things that weren’t on my…
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I’ve written before about how to keep your wallet and/or handbag clutter-free. Here’s another way to streamline your load when you are out and about. How about owning the World’s Thinnest Wallet?
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