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

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The crowd cheered wildly as a giant red heart covered in glitter and gold moved confidently across The Masked Singer stage. And the powerful questions she learned to ask, as well as the tools she developed because of them, would provide a framework for the advocacy and education she would do outside her music.

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James Dyson: The Ever-Tinkering Engineer

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Perhaps you’re tired of waiting the 20 seconds or so it takes your shower water to heat up. Between his taped-up prototype and the beginning of his current market prevalence, there were 15 years of rejections, lawsuits and near-bankruptcy, alongside thousands of prototype revisions. They couldn’t see the potential. “It

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Ann Hiatt on What It Takes to Be an Executive Assistant

Go Burrows

In 2002, Ann Hiatt was fresh out of college, starting her first post-university job supporting Jeff Bezos’ at Amazon in Seattle. After three years working with Jeff, on projects ranging from hiring helicopters, to writing TED talks, to helping with massive product launches, she took the lessons she’d learned at Amazon to a Ph.D.

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Is it Possible to be an Outgoing/Extraverted Introvert?

Stephanie LH Calahan

Over the years of attending networking functions and conferences I've learned that a good number of the people there consider themselves introverts.   Shyness is usually related to confidence.   At the time, I thought I had made up the terminology.  years, I've learned many techniques and adapted. 

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How to Survive a Recession, According to a 91-Year-Old Business

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As the legend of Wall Drug’s beginning goes, the first customers had already stopped into the store before Ted returned from putting up those signs. Speculation of another impending recession battered the confidence of small-business owners, as indicated by monthly surveys conducted by the National Federation of Independent Business.

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7 Strategies To Attract And Retain Top Talent

Allwork

Imagine you’re interviewing a candidate for a new job, and you have a sense that something’s up. And research indicates leaders tend to be way too confident about the quality of their decisions. . Google discovered this to its chagrin in 2002, when it launched an experiment by getting rid of all bosses.

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5 Tips For Incorporating Exercise Into Your Life

Brilliantly Better

I played on countless sports teams growing up. And I ran the Chicago marathon back in 2002. I think a lot of my self-esteem and self-confidence is due to exercising. And depending on your current level of fitness, you may need to start slowly and work your way up to this level. Well, I dont.

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