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How I Lost $3 Million in 24 Hours and Bounced Back

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It all started in 2001 when I launched a service business based on just an idea. From working one-on-one to interviewing leaders on my podcast to sharing my message as a speaker, I am thrilled to be part of so many people’s personal and professional growth. This article was published in March 2016 and has been updated.

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SUCCESS’ 2024 Women of Influence

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Claudienne Hibbert-Smith President, TRU Prep Academy/ TRU Real Estate Exchange Hibbert-Smith became a mom at the age of 14 and obtained her bachelor’s degree in 2001 from the University of Florida. She is the co-owner of PrintMag.com and the author of seven books. Currently, she is working on a study where she has commissioned Ph.D.s

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If You Think You’re Unbiased, You’re Wrong

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When the NFL set out to counter charges of bias in its upper ranks, she adds, it prompted the creation of the Rooney Rule , requiring its franchises to interview minority candidates for an increasing variety of open roles. in 2016 to 44.3% Diversity doesn’t happen by accident.” Progress, however, has been slow. According to U.S.

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How Badly Do You Want the Life You Dream About?

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In October 2001, with three children under 4 (including an 8-week-old), I moved from Australia to Dallas with my husband, Andrew, who’d been offered a job. As my family learned in 2016 when we all climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, it is by stretching our limits that we can expand them. Trust your capabilities. It was a huge undertaking.

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Millions of tons of plastic are trashed every year. But what if we used it to pave our roads?

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Since MacRebur’s launch in 2016, its materials have gone into hundreds of miles of roads, paths, driveways and parking lots in Turkey, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Dubai, Australia, New Zealand and elsewhere. India’s plastic road technology grew out of experimentation done in 2001 by R. It gave him the idea behind MacRebur.

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29 Beautiful Stories That Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity

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In 2001 Mary Parry was homeless and living in a tent in Pennsylvania when she began befriending hikers along the roughly 2,190-mile Appalachian Trail. Janet has given me pep talks for job interviews and has helped me when I have forgotten my train pass. to try to use the car jack to save his father. And he did. Jesus Jimenez.

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