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In Retirement, Olympic Gold-Medalist Michael Phelps Is a Mental Health Advocate

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We want to move forward,” Phelps, who retired from swimming after the 2016 Olympics, tells SUCCESS. “We But it’s a learning process. I pick up small things here and there.”. Over the last few years, I feel like I’ve gone through ups and downs. It’s the belief that we can grind and fight and endure through the bad times.

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What You Can Learn About Making Decisions From a Baseball Umpire

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Ceja points to the helmet and asks Wellman to pick it up. The ejection is one of the easier decisions Ceja faces, because once the hat is placed on the ground, the intent is to show up the umpire. The process of preparing all of the baseballs can take a single person close to an hour, but the umpires usually divvy up the workload.

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What I Learned From Wearing the Same Outfit for 2 Weeks

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To learn about the curious malady known as “decision fatigue,” I was given a very simple assignment: Wear the same outfit and automate as many daily decisions as possible for two weeks, then write about whether it gave me more mental clarity. The human mind is well set up to form habits and routines to conserve its energy.”.

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Meet the Woman Who Plans to Create a Worldwide Network of Entrepreneurial Latina Millionaires

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I plan to retire in… Italy. People would be surprised to learn I… am a bit of a hermit. 1 pump-up song is… “The Carters” by Beyoncé. This article originally appeared in the September/October 2021 issue of SUCCESS magazine. I find my inspiration from… books and traveling. Photo Courtesy of Celina Nogueras.

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A Deep Dive Into the Positive and Negative Impacts of Gossip

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A recent TIME magazine article even declared 2022 to be “the year of gossip.” Mark Leary, a professor emeritus of psychology and neuroscience at Duke University, told Health magazine he believes “gossiping is a fundamental human instinct because our lives are deeply rooted in groups.” Avoid sharing others’ misfortunes.

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A Single Mother Struggling to Budget Weighs the Balance Between Just Surviving and Really Living

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So, I had to learn to stick to my budget , which wasn’t easy, especially for someone who’d had to repeat a year of high school math. I quickly learned that with small children, every moment you are away from them costs money. If I wanted them picked up from school, or to go for a quick after-work run, I had to pay a sitter.

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Uncorking the Dream: Founding Ampersand Estates in Australia’s Wine Country

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Carving her niche At 23, Bell spent two years as a Peace Corps volunteer in Ukraine, where she learned about vodka production from her host family, who distilled it from potatoes. Although it could have been possible, entering into retirement after she and Scheepers sold their firm back in 2019 was never an option for Bell. “I

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