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

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In 2003, again swimming the 800-meter freestyle, she won gold at the All-Africa Games. Be everything you want to be,” du Toit regularly reminds her fans during interviews. Clearly, she is a tremendous reminder that no obstacle is too great that it cannot be challenged—and overcome.

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Want More Charisma? It All Starts with Your Mind

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For weeks, Kelleher failed to compose a persuasive note requesting an interview. At last, “I stopped trying to see my own needs, which were to get an interview with her, and just went with extreme empathy,” she says. Once, years ago, she was assigned to write about a woman who had lost three children in a mudslide.

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The Freedom to Work from Anywhere: Your Virtual Business Tips (Part 4)

Stephanie LH Calahan

Many of my friends and colleagues run their businesses from all over the world and I have had a mobile business since 2003. Do you enjoy a freedom-based lifestyle business?  I hope you are enjoying this series Freedom to Work from Anywhere: Living the Mobile Life. Be prepared. 

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Sugar Not The Icing On The Small Business Cake.

The Small Business Blog

As I mentioned in my CNBC interview last week , these high interest rates take all the profit margin out of the business that can be done out there. This problem with credit was highlighted in 2003 by the FT (media) – everybody ignored it. What you class as media is slow, you want to know what is happening right now?

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Not all accountants are created equal (how do you choose an.

The Small Business Blog

The Republic of Ireland looks like it has already started to make moves towards defining the term accountant with the establishment of the Irish Auditing and Accountancy Supervisory Authority in 2003. I can’t see it happening in the UK though! The site is [link] and has my firm recommendation. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Introducing the SUCCESS 125

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Suz Amaro is the creator of the Vivesmart, a philosophy and ecosystem that accompanies more than 300 business owners to build a more productive and happy lifestyle. In 2003, Gogo Bethke came from Romania to the US with $200 to build her American dream. Kim Anthony. Entrepreneur, publisher, radio talk show host, philanthropist.

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