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

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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. A range of foundations and community-based organizations help meet the school’s ambitious goal of ensuring both high school graduation and college matriculation.

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The Holy Grail of Investing With Tony Robbins: Mindset Shifts that Lay the Foundation for Financial Freedom

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Buffett attributes his success not only to financial acumen but to the investment he made in communication skills, citing his attendance at Dale Carnegie’s course as a transformative experience. Robbins urges business owners to identify their true purpose and goals by understanding their business’s position in its life cycle.

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

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While some believe the journey of a soul is predetermined, she believes it’s malleable, and we can change its course through the power of our thoughts and actions. Though she could not have known it at the time, the song would ultimately change the course of her life and allow her to become a catalyst of change for others.

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

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Widely regarded as one of the greatest golfers of all time, Hogan won a total of 71 professional tournaments over the course of his career. For Rudolph, the goal was everything. Never one to let a perceived disability stand in the way of his goals, he pursued athletics with his heart and soul. In 1953, he won both again.

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Leading with Kindness: 14 Most Charitable Celebrities

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In 2002, Kendra Scott designed her first jewelry collection with just $500 in the spare bedroom of her home. Of course, Jimmy has his new fancy friends, but he still keeps all the old clunkers around, too,” he said. Guy Fieri was featured in the June 2016 issue of SUCCESS.

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How Badly Do You Want the Life You Dream About?

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Fourteen years later, they have raised nearly $18 million to fund their goal of eradicating extreme poverty. Of course we aren’t all called to head off to war zones or launch social enterprises. Now, I am living my calling in ways I was unable to imagine in 2002. It wasn’t that Flynn and her co-founders didn’t fear failing.

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

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But he made diversity in the workplace a strategic initiative , laid down goals and linked those goals to manager pay. Not only did the PWD task force ensure compliance, they “established a worldwide accessibility project office” in 2002 to ensure all products and services were made accessible.

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