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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/3404d4ce-72ca-48f4-8dbc-c19720cc66d5/9146BE26-5916-4BCE-A52F-C3C368EFACE6/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.usatoday.com/money/smallbusiness/columnist/abrams/2008-08-15-change_N.htm?csp=34" href="http://www.usatoday.com/money/smallbusiness/columnist/abrams/2008-08-15-change_N.htm?csp=34" style="font-size: 11px;">www.usatoday.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.usatoday.com/money/smallbusiness/columnist/abrams/2008-08-15-change_N.htm?csp=34"><SPAN class="inside-head">Strategies: Learn the steps needed to make a change</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.usatoday.com/money/smallbusiness/columnist/abrams/2008-08-15-change_N.htm?csp=34"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.usatoday.com/img/A7AD1B5A-0BFD-47CC-A08B-45EF9D79E965" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.usatoday.com/money/smallbusiness/columnist/abrams/2008-08-15-change_N.htm?csp=34"><DIV class="inside-copy">I once saw a handwritten note over a jar for tips: "If you fear change, leave it here."</DIV>
<P class="inside-copy">To some extent, we all fear change. Yet, to survive in business (as in all of life) we have to learn how to change — and be willing and able to change when necessary.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.usatoday.com/money/smallbusiness/columnist/abrams/2008-08-15-change_N.htm?csp=34"><P class="inside-copy">This is a year when "change" is all around us. Indeed, picking up on the mood of the times, both major presidential candidates tout that they are the candidate of change. In the business world, it's a time of great change. Declines in the housing market are dramatically affecting those in construction, real estate, and related fields. Rising gas prices hit every business, but they are especially threatening to tourism, transportation, and those who depend on shipping.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.usatoday.com/money/smallbusiness/columnist/abrams/2008-08-15-change_N.htm?csp=34"><B>Your attitude.</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.usatoday.com/money/smallbusiness/columnist/abrams/2008-08-15-change_N.htm?csp=34"><B>Your goals.</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.usatoday.com/money/smallbusiness/columnist/abrams/2008-08-15-change_N.htm?csp=34"><B>Your plan.</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.usatoday.com/money/smallbusiness/columnist/abrams/2008-08-15-change_N.htm?csp=34"><B>Commitment.</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.usatoday.com/money/smallbusiness/columnist/abrams/2008-08-15-change_N.htm?csp=34"><B>Action.</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.usatoday.com/money/smallbusiness/columnist/abrams/2008-08-15-change_N.htm?csp=34"><P class="inside-copy">Change doesn't happen overnight, and you may not achieve all the goals you set. But remember, things won't change if you don't change.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/9146BE26-5916-4BCE-A52F-C3C368EFACE6/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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