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From NFL Superstar to Neurosurgeon: Dr. Myron Rolle Believes Small Steps Make for Big Gains

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The Tennessee Titans selected him in the sixth round of the 2010 NFL draft—but only after Rolle became a Rhodes Scholar, which allowed him to study medical anthropology at Oxford for the 2009-2010 academic year. Rolle left the NFL after three years, and says he’s lucky that he was healthy enough to study medicine.

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Life Is Not a Movie

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While other newspaper columnists from his generation might have been crotchety and bemused about tweets and video streaming, Ebert’s medical realities propelled him to the head of the class, affording him newfangled awards like Webbys’ “ Person of the Year ” and the No. For in his silence, Ebert learned to speak more eloquently than ever.

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Lessons Learned During Crises - Dealing With Disappointment

Office Dynamics

In case you don't remember, I started a 3 MM series on June 28 around Lessons Learned During Crises. We were going on a fabulous cruise for a week for our 2010 vacation. We were not only facing tough medical decisions for Dave, but were bogged down by disappointment. Accept setbacks as new lessons learned.

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Lessons Learned During Crises - Dealing With Disappointment

Office Dynamics

In case you don't remember, I started a 3 MM series on June 28 around Lessons Learned During Crises. We were going on a fabulous cruise for a week for our 2010 vacation. We were not only facing tough medical decisions for Dave, but were bogged down by disappointment. Accept setbacks as new lessons learned.

Learning 100
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Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgate, 2010 Stevie.

Laughing all the Way to Work

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 12 July, 2010 Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgate, 2010 Stevie® Award winner Lynn Holgate, an Executive Assistant at High Performance Technologies, Inc. HPTI) in Reston, Virginia, has been awarded the 2010 Stevie® Award for Support Staffer of the Year.

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SUCCESS’ 2024 Women of Influence

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Dr. Rajinder Atwal Medical Director, CEO, Founder, Family Physician, M.D., She is the founder, CEO and medical director of Bathurst Walk-in Clinic and Family Practice, which serves marginalized communities. With a focus on the intersection of mindset, strategy and wellness, her Believe-Own-Learn-Design (B.O.L.D.) With the U.S.

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Want to expand your horizons? 35 new books from TED speakers that will enlarge your world

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In this book, she corrects misconceptions about this phase of life that researchers hypothesize evolved to serve a social purpose — allowing grandmothers to care for grandchildren — and provides accessible medical advice to women going through this process. This doubled to age 80 by 2010. Read an excerpt here. ) .

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