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From Olympic Bobsledder to Financial Adviser—Carlo Valdes Knows a Thing or Two About Second Careers

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First, he landed a football scholarship to UCLA before later joining the track and field team and reaching NCAA regionals three times. Bobsled team? Less than two years after graduating, Valdes not only made the squad, but his two-man team placed fifth at the World Championships in 2015. Ever think about trying out for the U.S.

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10 Products to Improve Your Business Travel Experience

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Since the COVID-19 pandemic, we have all learned to work, live and play in a new normal wherein virtual connections have become more prevalent. An added trolley strap means it can be combined with your rolling carry-on for a hands-free sprint through the airport terminal, if need be. Travel Association and J.D. trips per month.

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

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To say that I’m proud to make the team—and to be representing Team USA in long jump—would be an understatement. Making this team is a goal for years in the making. I was on the junior varsity soccer team and was training for varsity. Outside of soccer season, I was racing motor-cross and joined the volleyball team.

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Challenging the Office Role in a Remote Working World

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Tina Paterson is the author of Effective Remote Teams and a corporate leadership consultant. She had an eye on hybrid work before it was the cool thing to do, leading her team remotely with the mantra: “Outcome over hours in the office.” The levels of engagement in my team went up, retention went up and we were more productive.

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Shaping Sara Blakely: Meet the Billionaire Founder of Spanx

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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!’” Embracing and learning from failure Her father would even have Blakely and her brother do exercises in failure. “Everywhere I go with him, he gets flashed, too!”

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How To Play The Game Of Blogging

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The main point of this article is to share what I’ve learned by playing the game of blogging. That was one of the lessons I had to learn the hard way: if you blog in English, keeping your blog under a localized domain name is not ok. You need a solid team of partners who will support you. Well, I dont.

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