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When Nature Calls, Boston Harbor Now CEO Kathy Abbott Answers

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A line under her yearbook photo underscored her life goal: to “save a tree.” Facing discrimination After gay marriage became legal in Massachusetts on November 18, 2003 , Abbott married her partner of six years—a move “the Romney administration wasn’t really happy about,” she says. Not for the faint of heart.”

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A workplace for entrepreneurial mindsets to thrive should be your goal

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Apple had launched the iPod and introduced the iTunes store, which was named Time magazine’s Coolest Invention of 2003. The post A workplace for entrepreneurial mindsets to thrive should be your goal appeared first on Workplace Insight. Take Amazon’s launch of the Kindle , for example. It was January 2004. Go forth and thrive!

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

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For Rudolph, the goal was everything. Never one to let a perceived disability stand in the way of his goals, he pursued athletics with his heart and soul. In 2003, again swimming the 800-meter freestyle, she won gold at the All-Africa Games. And this from a woman who wasn’t able to walk normally until she was nearly 12.

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Once Upon a Time in Marketing: The Power of Storytelling

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Position your employees as the hero of the company story to achieve goals, identify vendors and partners as the hero to bolster synergies, or find ways to insert the customer into the role of hero or heroine. The company currently has over 1,000 franchises in 48 states. Greensations: People trust a tale of failure.

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Want More Charisma? It All Starts with Your Mind

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Try arriving at a cocktail party with just this one goal, Beck says: All I’m going to do is ask questions. And by all means, listen to music that revs you up—perhaps Survivor’s “Eye of the Tiger,” or Cabane’s personal favorite, “Flying” from the 2003 movie Peter Pan. Could your listening skills use a polish ?

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Stacey Abrams’ New Co-Authored Book Details the Struggles Black Entrepreneurs Still Face and Why Business Partnership Differences Can Be Your Superpower

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Starting a business wasn’t even on our minds when we first met in the summer of 2003. We were just two highly ambitious friends who had reached a stage in our lives when working for someone else no longer fit our goals. In our minds, that was a title reserved for coders in hoodies in garages out in Menlo Park.

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Let the Right Ones In

Clutter Coach

You’ll read part of the walnut oil label by accident because your search is not so goal directed and you aren’t filtering out any potential candidates. Here’s a tip from Bill Jensen’s book, The Simplicity Survival Handbook (yes, it was published in 2003 (ancient!) You’ll read each label.

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