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All of these situations present a choice between following a prescribed path, or your own instincts.

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The choice for a new contributor was simple: Set up your own blog, and patiently hope you can build audience over a period of years, or join the club and get instant exposure.

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While it does sell travel services under the traditional price-disclosed model, the Name Your Own Price service allows customers (that are flexible on the date and time of travel and the choice of supplier) the option to bid for hotel stays and air tickets.

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But there is another choice: Embrace the complexity, ambiguity, and intensity of the integration period and turn it into your own leadership development academy .

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