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This Digital Nomad Couple Sold Everything to Travel the World in a Sailboat—Here’s What They’ve Learned About Life, Goal Setting and Relationships

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They met on Tinder in 2015 while living in Sweden as expats: Ellison, an aviation sales director from Des Moines, Iowa, and Darsy, a human resources systems specialist from Paris. They spent two admittedly short Swedish sailing seasons preparing for the inevitable roadblocks and learning how to co-captain on their own.

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I Gave Up Drinking for Lent—and Here Are the 5 Things I Learned

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I learned who my real friends are. I saw plays, read more books , spent more time at the gym , tried new restaurants around town and jammed out at karaoke. So I stayed committed to my goal through parties, bars and happy hours. This article was published in April 2015 and has been updated. In only one night, I saved $40.

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Chance the Rapper on Achieving Goals as an Independent Artist & Paying It Forward

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I learned how to use Pro Tools, how to record myself and how to EQ [equalize] my vocals a little bit from Simeon Viltz and another mentor who passed away, Brother Mike Hawkins,” he says. The goal of becoming a millionaire wasn’t on Chance’s list, but it happened anyway. That was a really, really big part of me gaining my fanbase….

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The Nathalie Virem Foundation Helps Leaders Rediscover Their Purpose

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In 2015, after some time spent musing over what her calling actually was, Virem started her first company, Nathalie Virem Inc. Nathalie Virem connects with her true calling The following year, Virem published her first book, Live With Purpose: Creating Positive, Lasting Change. This, she realized, was her calling.

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Should People with Grit Ever Give Up?

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Having grit doesn’t mean never giving up; it means not giving up on our long-term goals. And sometimes the best way to achieve our long-term goals may be to give up on unproductive short-term goals. We can think of our goals in a hierarchy, explains Angela Duckworth, Ph.D., Is what you’re pursuing worth the grit?

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5 Strategies for Making Your New Year’s Resolutions Work

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The new year can be an opportunity for a new beginning, a new chance to reach your goals. Perhaps because the goals can seem too big, the fear of failure stops us or we’ve simply decided resolutions just don’t work. What can I do right now, this month, to move toward reaching my goal of spending more time with my family?

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The Assist Conference 2015

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I am so proud and delighted to launch the first conference from Practically Perfect PA – The Assist Conference 2015. It is taking place on the 27th February 2015 in London and as you can imagine I am very excited! The importance of having your career goals, always, at the front of your mind. The Assist Conference 2015.

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