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Katie Blomquist’s Nonprofit, Going Places, Ensures Kids Living Below the Poverty Line Can Go the Distance

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A viral start for Katie Blomquist In the fall of 2016, when Katie Blomquist worked as a first-grade teacher at a Title I school in South Carolina, a boy in her class asked her for a bike for his birthday. We tend to think about our other basic needs such as food, clothing, water, shelter and medical support.

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How I Became a Morning Person (and How You Can, Too)

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I’d have to end whatever great dream I was having, put on clothes I didn’t like, go out into the world bleary-eyed and stand in a cramped train with a hundred other people who would also rather be anywhere else. We would often stay up into the early hours working on our projects, chatting, watching movies, you name it.

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Shaping Sara Blakely: Meet the Billionaire Founder of Spanx

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Blakely readily admits that she wasn’t the first woman to cut the feet off her pantyhose and wear them under her form-fitting clothes. She worked on her idea at night and on weekends, often skipping dinners, parties and other fun events to research patents and visit clothing manufacturers. She kept the project secret for a year.

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Hosting Your Own Teleclass? 6 Dos and Don’ts for a Successful Outcome

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This goes from the room you’re presenting in to the clothing that you’re wearing (and everything inbetween). c) 2016 Tracey Lawton Training & Consulting LLC. And any added distraction will only cause you to lose focus when you’re presenting your teleclass. Do make sure you’re comfortable.

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Introducing the SUCCESS 125

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An 18-year blogging veteran, Ajayi covers all things culture with a critical yet humorous lens on her website Awesomely Luvvie and wrote the instant best-sellers Professional Troublemaker: The Fear-Fighter Manual (2021) and I’m Judging You: The Do-Better Manual (2016). million views. Amina AlTai. Andrea Callanan. Matt Callanan. Elena Cardone.

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