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What MLB Pitcher Jon Lester and 4 Other Professional Athletes Teach Us About Overcoming Obstacles

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Then, in May 2008, he became the 18th pitcher in the history of the storied Red Sox organization to throw a perfect game. Natalie du Toit would have been a perfect candidate for Abbott’s mentoring. As of 2009, Lester is cancer-free. “I I don’t think I had any idea what it would mean to others when I made it back,” Lester says. ‘Be

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In September 2001 she set up a charity “Lessons With Love” to support the youngsters in Beit Jibrin Camp. Maria has worked as a Project Manager and Change Management Consultant since 2008 and also had the lovely task of being my mentor for a number of years while we both worked together at Lloyd’s Register. Maria Psaras.

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