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Make Sure to Ask Yourself These 3 Business Questions for 2021 Let the difficulties of 2020 empower your business decisions this year rather than push you off track.

By John Boitnott

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The beginning of a new year brings an important opportunity for both personal and professional growth. It is a time to reflect on successes, failures and what you want to bring with you as you move forward. In 2020, a year with seemingly endless challenges and uncertainties, companies adapted and innovated to survive the "new normal" of conducting business during a worldwide economic crisis.

The changes we've experienced will not revert to our previous "normal" overnight. Some of those changes — such as remote work — will likely become a permanent part of our professional lives. Still, 2021 is a perfect opportunity to recharge, rethink and restart with the lessons from the previous year in mind.

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