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James Dyson: The Ever-Tinkering Engineer

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His do-it-yourself project worked, and the first cyclonic bagless vacuum was born. By Dyson’s side since they met at art school was Deirdre, an illustrator and graphic designer by training (she now custom-designs carpets ). Though the Ballbarrows failed, Dyson had a new idea. You can bounce ideas off each other.”

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Ann Hiatt on What It Takes to Be an Executive Assistant

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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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What Is Happiness and Why Is It Important?

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in his 2002 best-selling book, Authentic Happiness. An adopted identical twin has as much chance at being similar in temperament to the twin he never met as he does to his adoptive family,” explains Gretchen Rubin, author of The Happiness Project. A Positive Psychology technique to try: Start with small, immediate positive projections.

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