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Gary Lucido writes in: “The fact that I continue to have nightmares about working for a corporation confirms my decision to run my own company. Lucid Realty is now in its third year as a full-service, discount real-estate brokerage offering discounted commissions to sellers and rebates to buyers. Generating business is easy. Finding competent agents is not. I guess if it were easy, there wouldn’t be an opportunity.”

Rick Smilow, president of the Institute of Culinary Education in New York City, authored a book, “Culinary Careers: How to Get Your Dream Job in Food with Advice from Top Culinary Professionals.”