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How SideChef Founder Kevin Yu Is Helping People Learn to Cook at Home

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You’d eventually get there, and there is confidence in that. I wanted to give people that same confidence to get through a dish. In 2014, we built the app. What lessons did you learn growing up that you still lean on today? Those are the stepping stones you build up to give you confidence as you face adversity.

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Perform at Your Peak Level with These 5 Mind-Sharpening Tips

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How you think impacts everything, so it’s important to learn how to sharpen your mind. Start by recognizing self-defeating and sabotaging thought patterns and replacing these patterns with powerful and confident thoughts that support your goals and objectives. This article was published in October 2014 and has been updated.

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Rocking the Boat: 4 Traits of Wave Makers

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Build valuable relationships that will help you learn, create strong networks and find meaning in your work. Changemakers have a healthy balance of determination toward a goal and ability to adjust as they learn new information. A changemaker never stop learning—even in unlikely situations. Rethink how you define a wave.

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Apprenticeships Are Making a Comeback—Here’s Why

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According to November 2023 data from ApprenticeshipUSA , apprenticeships have seen a 103% growth from 2014. Apprentices are generally those who are new to a field and interested in learning more about the specifics of how to do a certain job within it. And it’s not just a post-pandemic or recent trend.

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5 Reasons to Question Everything

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Many of us think of a “questioner” as someone who’s more a thinker than a doer, whereas the successful go-getter is supposed to be confident, decisive and certain. For those who embrace questioning, change becomes less scary—instead, it offers a welcome opportunity to inquire, learn and keep getting better. “How?

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The Customer Isn’t Always Right But How Do You Know Where to Draw the Line?

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I mentioned that I was confident I had fully performed the contract and was still offering to rework things to make her happy. Confidence kept Lynch from refunding a penny, and she wasn’t sorry to lose the difficult client. “If In the end, if they’re unwilling or unable to learn, I would rather walk away.”

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Heartfelt Host: How Tamron Hall’s Resilience and Purpose Guide Her Success

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Hall worked at NBCUniversal for 10 years, having first joined MSNBC and later Today alongside Al Roker in 2014. Homegrown resilience Her confidence and stamina stem from her childhood. Hall learned to appreciate the value of a dollar and garnered a strong work ethic at a young age. I want them to know I have skin in the game.