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This High School is Doing Whatever it Takes to Mentor First-Generation Students

Success

Despite any obstacles students face, since its creation in 2002, the school has enjoyed impressive outcomes, boasting a college readiness score 27% higher than the city’s in 2019. This article originally appeared in the January/February 2023 Issue of SUCCESS magazine. Mentors help fill in the gaps.

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

Success

It wasn’t just any form of the disease, but a rare form of blood cancer known as anaplastic large-cell lymphoma. 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. I didn’t once ask why,” Lester tells SUCCESS.

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Never Broken: How Singer-Songwriter Jewel Became a Mental Health Advocate

Success

Jewel’s mental health organization: Inspiring Children Foundation In 2002, after many years of putting what she learned to action, Jewel co-founded the Inspiring Children Foundation , which provides mental health programming to youth whose financial circumstances are a barrier to access. Because, unless my behavior changed, it didn’t matter.

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Celebrating New Talent: Emerging Entrepreneurs Shines a Light on Up-and-Coming Entrepreneurs

Success

He told SUCCESS that, “in 20 years, he expects there will be dozens of what he calls ‘world-class, game-changing companies’ that were formed in the aftermath of 2020.” This article originally appeared in the March/April 2023 issue of SUCCESS magazine. Perhaps some of SUCCESS’ newest Emerging Entrepreneurs are just that.

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The Common Mistakes Futurists Make

Small Business Labs

The article makes forecasting the future sound easy. This term was coined in the late 1990's and in the 2002-2005 time frame it was a very hot trend.  But like many trends, it's back in more mature forms and this time may really be the next big thing.  And is some ways it is.

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Local SEO: Four Tips for Ranking High in Your City

Andrea Kalli

However, that is not to say that search , as a marketing form, is dead. Want To Link To This Article? Often, business owners find themselves so caught up in their paperwork or their day-to-day operations that they forget about… Continue reading the rest of this article. Feel free to grab the code below.

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

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Among the initiatives that emerged from the exercise was a group formed to “[identify] and [support] sales and marketing strategies” that could be utilized to reach women- and minority-owned businesses. We need to stop thinking about diversity programs in the workplace as a form of affirmative action. As of 2019 , U.S. million) of U.S.

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