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What MLB Pitcher Jon Lester and 4 Other Professional Athletes Teach Us About Overcoming Obstacles

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It wasn’t just any form of the disease, but a rare form of blood cancer known as anaplastic large-cell lymphoma. As of 2009, Lester is cancer-free. “I This article was published in June 2009 and has been updated. When you throw like a 25-year-old left-hander does, muscles are often sore—but the pain wouldn’t go away.

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In 2002, they discussed Becoming a World Class Assistant hosted by Catepillar Inc. Joan Burge began as an administrative assistant and worked for many years into increasing responsibilities, from executive assistant to eventually forming her own company and becoming founder and CEO of Office Dynamics International.

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in his 2002 best-selling book, Authentic Happiness. And according to a 2008-2009 survey of 450,000 Americans led by Kahneman, personal well-being did increase as income increased—but only to a point. Extroverts tend to be happier,” says Diener, for this very reason; they’re more adept at forming those all-important relationships.

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