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Do You Need to Take a Time Out From Your Business?

Lela Barker

Not the stick-your-nose-in-a-corner-for-five-minutes variety of time out, but certainly the let’s-pull-back-and-look-at-the-big-picture variety.   In late October, the Lucky Break team and I did just that, and I can honestly say that planning a strategic retreat is the single best thing I do for my business. This is the second consecutive year that we’ve tucked ourselves away…

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Two Weeks to the Global Shea Conference in Africa!

Lela Barker

  Have I ever mentioned how much I adore Africa? As a little girl, I was transfixed by my grandmother’s stack of National Geographic’s and the images of people so different than everything I knew. In high school, I dove into studies in African culture via my sociology classes. And I thought my heart might…

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Belize-Bound in 3, 2, 1…

Lela Barker

  On Friday afternoon, I’m boarding a plane headed for Ft. Lauderdale and the anticipation may be the death of me. From there, I’ll board a Royal Caribbean ship bound for Cozumel + Belize with 28 of my favorite entrepreneurs on the planet. Now in its third year, INDIEcruise is a mastermind session at sea,…

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