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Rhonda Abrams @rhondaabrams.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

3.) It’s not enough to work hard, though that’s important, the world is changing faster than ever, & if you don’t advance your knowledge, improve your skills, adapt new technology and techniques, you get left behind. What interest/hobby/skill are you learning right now? 📸 of my latest arrangement.

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Rhonda Abrams @rhondaabrams.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

2.) While both of these are for pure enjoyment, I’ve been thinking about the importance of continually learning, improving, growing, changing. I see too many people — in their careers or their businesses (and even their relationships) who are content to coast through life.

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Rhonda Abrams @rhondaabrams.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

1.) Sharing a thought with you today that bodes just as well in your professional life as your personal one -- I’m taking two classes — one at Stanford - “How to Look at Art and Why” - and Ikebana - the centuries-old Japanese practice of flower arranging.

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Rhonda Abrams @rhondaabrams.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

7.) What do you think the Year of the Snake will bring your business this year? Share your hopes with me on here! As they say this time of year, “Gung hay fat choy!”- May prosperity be with you. Photo of me and my nephew having tea in San Francisco's Chinatown.

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Rhonda Abrams @rhondaabrams.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

6.) ** Being patient. Yes, this seems contradictory to striking fast, but think about a snake. Snakes sleep patiently and quietly in the warm sun, limiting the expenditure of resources, until just the right opportunity – or prey – comes along. Get yourself ready to pounce, but be patient.

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Rhonda Abrams @rhondaabrams.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

5.) ** Striking fast. Snakes move at lightning speeds to catch their prey. You shouldn’t go off in all directions (and won’t if you’ve done that strategic planning), but when good opportunities arise this year, move quickly.

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Rhonda Abrams @rhondaabrams.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

4.) ** Strategic planning. The snake is considered introspective and intelligent, so this is a particularly good year to engage in strategic planning for your business. It’s a year to think ahead, analyze the competition, better understand your target customers, develop a coherent marketing plan.

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Rhonda Abrams @rhondaabrams.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

3.) ** Making and saving money. The attribute most often associated with the snake is “cunning,” and means not only knowing how to connive to make money, but also to be smart and squirrel it away. Thus, snake years are considered auspicious for small businesses in terms of income.

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Rhonda Abrams @rhondaabrams.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

2. In thinking of your small business or entrepreneurial venture, this year should be a good year for: ** Reinventing. Snakes shed their skin, and so can you. Whether reinventing yourself, your products, your services, or your organization, 2025 will be a propitious year for makeovers & do-overs.

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Rhonda Abrams @rhondaabrams.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

1.) Happy Lunar New Year! Yesterday kicked off the Year of the Snake, and every year I enjoy looking into the Asian crystal ball to see what the year might hold in store for small businesses based on that year’s animal.

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Rhonda Abrams @rhondaabrams.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Know anyone who's lost their home in the fires? Urge them to check into a "public adjuster" - professionals who deal with the insurance company for them. They get them tens of thousands of dollars more and make the process less stressful. NOT AN AD. www.usatoday.com/story/money/...

usatoday.com

A small business owner's advice after a disaster: Hire a public adjuster

For small business owners, emergency preparedness should also include a professional to help with your insurance claims.

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 08/01/2025

THREAD: Our hearts are with everyone being impacted by the widespread California wildfires. Please consider using or sharing these vital resources if you or someone you know is in the disaster’s path. We will update this thread as more information or resources become available:

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Rhonda Abrams @rhondaabrams.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Well it is a FACT. Everyone can have the coolest, most wonderful dog in the world. At the same time. You do. And I do too.

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Rhonda Abrams @rhondaabrams.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

#dog people #book people #writing #writer #book #author people #smallbusiness people #costco people #democracy people #farmersmarket people etc. Please follow me so I can follow back. I need to get all these cats (no offense to felines) out of my brand new Bluesky feed. I'm allergic!

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Rhonda Abrams @rhondaabrams.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Dog lovers, help me out. I'm new to Bluesky. I like all animals, but I'm a dog person.Nothing against cats (I'm allergic but my tech isn't so advanced that cat dander comes through my device). Why did I get like 20 cat pics in a row? Pic of my dog as a puppy. Pics of your puppies welcome!

My dog when she was just a puppy. Look at those big ears!

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Rhonda Abrams @rhondaabrams.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Random House required a fact checker for my second book. They were so thorough that when I used the phrase "dozens" of something, the fact checker probed -- was it actually more than 24? It was. Facts are facts. FACTS AREN'T POLITICAL.

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Rhonda Abrams @rhondaabrams.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Leaving 14k followers behind from 'the other place.' Help me please replace them by following me here on Blue Sky. I promise to post amusing, thoughtful, interesting, timely, or otherwise useful stuff. Or whatever I can come up with. Looking forward to a great community here!

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