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How I Lost $3 Million in 24 Hours and Bounced Back

Success

At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, I supplied tickets to more than 8,500 people, netting over $1 million in profits. Even though I was constantly stressed and hated what I was doing, I was making too much money to step away from it, to care or to realize that I didn’t feel fulfilled. In fact, I was trapped in my success.

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Patrice Washington Is Redefining Wealth By Scaling Joy

Success

The crash of the housing market in 2008 and subsequent recession decimated her business, leaving her on welfare and food stamps and—eventually—sitting across from a generous Harvey who offered to create a job with the sole purpose of helping her get back on her feet. And it was gone overnight.

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The Science of Changing Other People

Success

At some point in our careers, we’ve all felt how quickly negativity or stress spreads in a meeting. It’s a line of inquiry that was sparked by a transformative experience I had while covering the news at the height of the 2008 recession. The Now Step gives you a framework to help someone else move from stress to positive action.

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Is It Your Job’s Responsibility to Make You Happy During the Workday?

Success

Macey and Schneider (2008) describe employee engagement as an idealistic state, not something that we are feeling every moment of every day,” Iverson says. A positive work environment benefits both employers and employees, but what does it entail? Elkins agrees that it looks different for every person.

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The Truth About Impostor Syndrome and How to Overcome It

Stephanie LH Calahan

A 2014 study on Impostor Syndrome shows that those people with it tend to undervalue their skills or fail to recognize how other opportunities might place more substantial importance on their abilities. You get stressed when you’re not working and find downtime difficult or completely wasteful. Signs and Symptoms of Impostor Syndrome.

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Introducing the SUCCESS 125

Success

Hobbs stepped out of the Hobbs/Herder companies in 2008, and since then has been training, coaching and consulting with people and businesses from around the world. Los Angeles based CEO and founder Erik Huberman launched Hawke Media in 2014. Erik Huberman. Founder, CEO, podcast host, author.

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