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What I Learned from Keeping a Gratitude Journal

Success

One day he’ll walk out the door and end up somewhere exotic, tropical, freezing or remote, confident and curious. Research has shown a link between gratitude and emotional well-being , as well as a potential correlation between gratitude and improved sleep quality. It’ll be hard to see him go, but I’m thankful that’s the way he is.

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Do This When Procrastination Strikes

Executive Assistant Breakthrough

I’d be sprinting to drop it off in time at 9 am before the last chime of the bell. When the balance of energy required to start and do the task is greater than the amount of energy it gives back to you – in the form of satisfaction, relief, enjoyment, absorption, creative fulfillment – you are more likely to avoid this activity.

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Shaping Sara Blakely: Meet the Billionaire Founder of Spanx

Success

She yelled at me across the entire airport as she was sprinting to her gate, ‘Spanx and wheels on luggage, the two greatest inventions in the last 50 years!’” 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. Practicality is kind of her thing.

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