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Report sets out nine ways cities can reduce carbon emissions

Workplace Insight

A programme run by San Diego’s local utility company, is helping fleet owners and operators eliminate emissions by transitioning to electric vehicles (EVs). The goal is to serve a minimum of 3,000 medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, many of which are used by the construction industry, at 300 customer sites throughout the company’s service area.

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How My Experience as a Black Entrepreneur Shaped My Views on Building Financial Freedom

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When I returned to my office in Atlanta, I shared the nerve-wracking experience with my manager, one of the few Black directors in the company. And despite his willingness to let me vent, I couldn’t help but feel like I needed more from him, from my coworkers and from the company I worked for. Yeah, these things happen.

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The Power of Hope: How I Qualified for the Paralympic Games

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Instead, I started playing sports with my friends again and started regaining my confidence. I showed up at the clinic hosted by Challenged Athletes Foundation and Ossur Prosthetics Company. It was nearly dark when I sprinted the 100 meter all-out. I let all my emotions seep out into my sprints. I didn’t know what to do.

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What I Learned from Keeping a Gratitude Journal

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One day he’ll walk out the door and end up somewhere exotic, tropical, freezing or remote, confident and curious. I could live to be 100 and never understand why coffee companies print that word so unbearably small on their labels. It’ll be hard to see him go, but I’m thankful that’s the way he is. I even like scarves.

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5 Ways To Work Smarter | PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement

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Get the confidence boost you deserve! Download FREE ecourse from Pick The Brain “The 90 Day Confidence Booster” ? Daily Confidence Booster ? Life after all is a marathon, not a sprint. I was lucky enough to work for a company that tried that for a while, and found it really helped with focus in my lagging hours.

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Shaping Sara Blakely: Meet the Billionaire Founder of Spanx

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Blakely , 52, is the founder and executive chairwoman of Spanx , the Atlanta-based shapewear company that rocketed to fame after Oprah Winfrey included it on her “Oprah’s Favorite Things” list in 2000. She has the confidence to follow her gut instincts and not allow herself to be discouraged by others,” the author says.

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You Can Avoid Multitasking When You Focus on These 3 Things

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With head held high and swelling confidence, I strode out into my day. We can’t launch the new website until we change the nameserver records, and we can’t change the records because the last know shepherd of the credentials for the domain registrar left the company on bad terms?”. Companies create SOPs for the same reason.