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

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It wasn’t just any form of the disease, but a rare form of blood cancer known as anaplastic large-cell lymphoma. I’ve learned that it’s not the disability that defines you,” Abbott explains. Natalie du Toit would have been a perfect candidate for Abbott’s mentoring. I didn’t once ask why,” Lester tells SUCCESS.

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If You Think You’re Unbiased, You’re Wrong

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The idea wasn’t to simply learn how to make IBM more attractive to minority talent. Among the initiatives that emerged from the exercise was a group formed to “[identify] and [support] sales and marketing strategies” that could be utilized to reach women- and minority-owned businesses. As of 2019 , U.S. million) of U.S. Census Bureau.

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