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"At this point in time, a publishing deal is on the whole still a better option for a new author, " argues Clare Christian, who runs the Self-Publishing Advice Service.
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Whelan says self-help advice is especially relevant when it comes to job seeking for a generation that was reared on the idea that the path to affluence would be smooth, but has discovered a different reality.
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For those not put off by its remorselessly chirpy tone, this book contains some valuable self-help advice, not least in a discussion about luck, which, apart from the dumb kind, the authors believe is something that can be influenced.
Advice to self: don't go to cover a story before you've OK'd the headline on the previous one.
Index investors were not the victims of dozens of Ponzi scams or hundreds of multi-billion dollar corporate and municipal bankruptcies, nor were they they casualties of poor investment advice from self-proclaimed market experts.
Well, as the media has played a larger role in the dissemination of medical information, and as practicing physicians in general have become busier and not always reachable, America has turned to doctors on TV who are always reachable, in part as a result of a rich network of social media and websites which provide consumers advice and self-help on a myriad of common medical conditions.
No one can be relied upon to provide advice free of self-interest.
Her business offers advice on producing self-published novels and effectively marketing them.
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But there's a fair chance that it will, since it packages the same kind of self-help and inspirational advice as her hugely popular talk show.
We offered loads of advice for career and self-improvement.
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That labor-intensive effort will lower Diamond's profit margin and could undercut a favorite firm claim: that its advice is free of self-interest because it doesn't entail hiring a platoon of Diamond techies.
That labor-intensive effort will lower Diamond's profit margin and could undercut one of its favorite claims: that its advice is free of self-interest because it doesn't entail hiring a platoon of Diamond techies.
So nowadays the shelves in the business section of your local bookstore groan with self-help-style books offering advice about getting back to basics, regaining focus and growing organically.
Most career advice seems to encourage relentless self-promotion.
Her 725, 000 Facebook followers are clamoring for more, more, more, begging recipes, childcare advice and workout tips from the self-styled guru.
Lichtenstein claims Willkie gave him bad advice because it was motivated by self-interest because the law firm would have also faced a lawsuit from the lenders for aiding and abetting.
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It is not easy for boards, especially public pension boards, to understand the harm funds are exposed to when the advice their consultants provide is corrupted by self-interest.
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If you could go back and give one piece of advice to your 20-year-old self, what would it be?
So my advice to teenagers in breaking into Hollywood starts with self-discovery and self-learning.
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Because a lot of times people give advice and it's misguided or it's self-seeking and they may not know it.
Pensions are entitled to rely upon the advice they receive and have no duty to ferret out self-dealing by their consultants.
Amid all the career advice exhorting workers and job seekers to engage in relentless self-promotion, is there any room for that most traditional and modest of virtues, humility?
The books, newsletters, podcasts and advice columns that litter magazines, newspapers and the web are self-serving money makers for the authors and nothing more.
On your search, you may find the most luck with smaller companies, especially those that advertise jobs with phrases like "self starter" or "multitasker, " says Mary Ellen Slayter, a career-advice expert at careers site Monster.com in Baton Rouge, La.
Joanna PennJoanna Penn, author and writer of the The Creative Penn writing and publishing advice website, spoke to a meeting of Women In Publishing recently about her experiences of self-publishing.
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