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No Pain, No Gain: Theragun Founder Jason Wersland on the Power of Word-of-Mouth Marketing

Success

The ubiquity of the Theragun—an industry-defining home-massage tool from the wellness company now known as Therabody —makes it feel like this was an overnight success story. The invention of the Theragun In 2007, Wersland—a chiropractor who’s always had an entrepreneurial spirit—suffered a terrible motorcycle accident.

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How Three Post-Secondary Programs Are Setting Autistic Individuals on a Path to Success

Success

When Gary Moore’s son, Andrew, turned 11 in 2007, Moore worried about his future. Moore’s concerns weren’t typical. While many parents were thinking about grades, extracurricular activities and adolescence, Moore was concerned about what would happen once his son transitioned to adulthood. His friend Dan Selec understood these woes.

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The Negative Side of Positive Thinking

Success

Not only can the happiness industry make us feel bad about ourselves, as it did with Wilson, critics say, it can topple an economy or worse, according to Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Bright-Sided: How Positive Thinking Is Undermining America.

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Why the over 50s are leaving the workforce in huge numbers

Workplace Insight

But if older workers have been put off work due to health risks or lack of opportunities, it would mean the economy is being deprived of potentially productive workers – which could cost the state in various ways. This is what happened after the global financial crisis of 2007-09, for instance. So what’s going on?

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Wellbeing and organisational agility will dominate workplace conversations in 2023

Workplace Insight

Mental health and wellbeing will dominate conversations about the role of work in people’s lives this year, due in part to the effects of the global pandemic, as well as social and economic instability around the world, according to the latest megatrends report from UKG.

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Are We Becoming a Part-Time Nation?

Small Business Labs

 In 2007, a year when the economy was strong and unemployment low, a bit over 22 million Americans worked part-time. Given the impact of the Great Recession, this not a surprising shift from 2007.   But there's more than just industry sectoral shifts going on. has always had a lot of part-time employment.

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Administrative Assistant Conference Executive Perspective

Office Dynamics

As Humana’s Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Mike McCallister has led Humana to a leadership position in the health industry. Under Mike’s direction, Humana has more than tripled its annual revenues and recently acquired a nationwide system of primary care and occupational health centers.

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