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Clothing can tell a lot about a person, and you want to make sure they compliment you. Follow the dress code and make sure your clothing fits properly, especially around the neckline, as your face is often the area of your body people look to first.

Dress to look professional.

For this look, more conservative attire is required, so if you’re a man, dress in a business suit, collared or button up…

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Benefits of Yoga

Yoga books tell us that Yoga, as we all know, is aimed to unite the mind, the body, and the spirit. Yogis view that the mind and the body are one, and that if it is given the right yoga kitand tools and taken to the right environment, it can find harmony and heal itself. Yoga therefore is considered therapeutic. It helps you become more aware of your body’s posture, alignment and patterns of…

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#Attention improves #Benefits #Concentration improves #fitness #health #healthy #Memory improves #Mood improves #training #yoga

How Professional Traders Learn From Their Mistakes

While beginner traders are more likely to make trading mistakes, even the most experienced traders falter from time to time. But what distinguishes a good trader from a mediocre one is the ability to learn from mistakes and improve. Here are some of the most common trading mistakes and the best ways to avoid repeating them.

Trading Mistake 1: Excessive leverage

Traders generally take on excessive…

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#investment #money #stock exchange #trading

Get Funded Grow Your Business in Africa

Want to know how to get funding for your business in Africa? Are you looking for capital to start a new business or grow an already established company in Africa? Have you tried other alternatives and sources of funding but failed? Is capital your biggest headache and obstacle right now? Smile, we’ve got good news for you.

Whether you’re looking for a grant, loan or investment in your business…

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The Importance of Organizational Structure

Small companies usually use one of two types of organizational structure: Functional and product. Functional areas such as marketing and engineering report to the president or CEO in a functional organizational structure. Product structures are used when a company sells numerous products or brands. It is important for companies to find the organizational structure that best fits their needs.

Func…

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What Kills Entrepreneurs

Only 15% of small businesses in Ghana stick around four years or more. One big reason so many go away: Poor risk management. Fortunately, help is on the way from the guys at First Anchor.

First anchor Risk Management Ltd. Provides high quality insurance broking services. We take pride knowing that over the past few years we have helped our client to find the best insurance coverage at…

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#Banks #business #companies #entrepreneur #entrepreneurs #entrepreneurship #first anchor #funds #management #Risk #Risk Management

Negative Impact of Corruption on Education

“Africans must change their mind and actions.

The keys to building your continent depends on your will-power, persistent effort and action towards self liberation.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita

Corruption is one of the greatest challenges for Africa’s future political and economic development. That the fight against corruption will be a top priority for all governments in Africa in their mandate. And the…

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#Africa #bribe #burdens #bureaucratic #corruption #education #education system #effects #government #Kenya #Lailah Gifty Akita #mismanagement #negative #PLO Lumumba #public funds #teachers #undermines #Universities #Young Africans

You should consider starting your own Job

To some of you, I’m preaching to the choir. There are however, a group of people reading this that are trying to decide if they should make the leap into entrepreneurship. Each of us spends 40-plus hours of our week in some form of work. That time could be spent doing something you love or doing something that makes you miserable and affects all other areas of your life. Here are reasons why you…

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Start your business without Money

WHEN YOU HAVE A BRILLIANT STARTUP IDEA AND A GOOD BUSINESS PLAN: The Power of Crowdsourcing and Crowdfunding for Entrepreneurs and Investors

Obtaining funding for projects and business ideas you have in mind is no longer limited to the traditional means of securing investment from angel investors and banking institutions via rounds of funding. With the power of crowdsourcing and crowdfunding, it…

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#crowdfunding #crowdsourcing #Internet #no money #online #social media #startups #technology #Technology entrepreneurs

Help is here: How to start and grow your business

There seems to be a considerable amount of confusion about the differences between business accelerator and business incubators. Many people use the terms interchangeably, but there are a number of elements that distinguish one from the other. At the same time, there is indeed overlap across incubator and accelerator services, which explains much of the confusion. The aim of this article is to…

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Five dangerous traps start-ups should avoid

More often than not, entrepreneurs fall into some ditches. Not because they plan to, but because they don’t have knowledge and information regarding some issues. The entrepreneurial journey is full of challenges, frustrations, obstacles, enemies, distractions, and many people who don’t want to see you prosper.

There are a few basic mistakes which startup entrepreneurs tend to make, irrespective…

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#Borrowing Money #Focusing too much on results #Obsession with your ideas #Partnering & Hiring #Too many opinions

Entrepreneur finds niche business in shared office concept

“If a company won’t hire you, why don’t you start your own company? Steve Jobs created jobs, he didn’t apply for them. #Startup your dreams,” those are the words of Jarod Kintz in his book titled This Book is Not FOR SALE, that stirred Ben Gachie to the world of entrepreneurship.

Ben Gachie, 34, like every campus student went on a job hunt after graduation. And like every other graduate, the…

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#Banks #business #education #growth #Kampala #Kenya #Light Magazine Africa

7 Mental Shifts That will Allow You to Become a Millionaire at 22

After reinventing the wheel for myself time and time again I’ve come to realize that the secret to millennial success in the business world is a combination of grit and creative thinking. Here are the seven mental shifts I implemented to turbo-charge my growth.

Age is just a number.

Embrace your youth wholeheartedly. If you spin your age as an asset, which can be done in a variety of ways, it…

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#entrepreneur #entrepreneurs #Light Magazine Africa #Millennials #Mindset Success #Strategies #Young Millionaires

The 10 Greatest Entrepreneurs

There is a tough truth that any small business owner has to face. Even in the best of times, the vast majority of small businesses fail. In this article, we’ll look at ten entrepreneurs who not only succeeded but built vast business empires.

John D. Rockefeller

John D. Rockefeller was the richest man in history by most measures. He made his fortune by squeezing out efficiencies through horizontal…

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#Andrew Carnegie #Bill Gates #Charles Merrill #Charles Schwab #entrepreneurs #failure #Henry Ford #Innovation #Light Magazine Africa #NYSE:XOM #Sam Walton #Steve Jobs #success #Thomas Edison #Walt Disney

Which Company Would You Choose?

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5 Big-Business Growth Strategies Small Business Can Use

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Every small business wants to grow into a big one someday. Consider these five key growth strategies. Eventually you want your small business to grow into a big business, right? If that’s true, then learn which big-business growth strategies might work for you.

Here are five growth strategies that small businesses should consider. Not every strategy will be right for your…

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#Article #Author #Post #Video

Why Small Businesses Fail (and how yours can succeed)

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]They say 90% of small businesses fail in the first year. What they don’t take into account is that most “businesses” aren’t business, they are delusions of business.

How many times have you heard someone talk about a “ceramics” business, a “fashion” business, some MLM scheme or some internet get rich quick business?These types of delusions aren’t businesses, never could be…

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