The Next LVL
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Welcome to our blog, The Next LVL, where our team shares relevant and useful information you can use to LVL-Up yourself, your business, and your lifestyle so you can #GetItHandled®.
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Why Focusing on Your Identity is a Form of Self-Care
LVL-Up CSO Laura Jennings discusses how the work we do builds our identity and helps us practice self-care.
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Thriving with Colleagues you Trust like Family
Our clients rely on us to build strategies that are 1) fearless in their approach, yet adaptable in their execution; 2) solve complex problems with creative solutions; and 3) streamline multi-directional logistics into efficient processes.
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Tips and Tricks For Moving To Developing Nations
We spent two years in Kinshasa and it was a fascinating place. I’m often asked about living in Congo and so I put together a list of things that I learned while serving there.
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Five Ways to Find Meaningful Work as an EFM
Congratulations, you are starting the life of an EFM (Eligible Family Member). You have agreed to move every 2-3 years and will soon learn the weight of all of your clothes. You will become an expert at planning the unplannable.