You must make sure you are noticed and appreciated for the work you do, so you will be given serious consideration around raise and promotion time.

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Great resource and partners of all sorts are attracted to you when they feel appreciated for who they are and what they bring to the party.

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Alert: If you are tempted to sell appreciated stock before the end of the year, you may also be concerned about the wash sale rule.

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Do you feel that your efforts are appreciated?

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The assets you are buying are like planting seeds that later will grow into appreciated assets.

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Are you feeling overworked or under appreciated?

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Come to where you are welcome and where you will be appreciated.

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If you are in a position to help support our work it would be much appreciated.

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For example, if you wanted to give highly-appreciated stock to your charity, unless they are a large organization, they may not be set up to receive this form of a donation.

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