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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. Be everything you want to be,” du Toit regularly reminds her fans during interviews. 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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Celebrating New Talent: Emerging Entrepreneurs Shines a Light on Up-and-Coming Entrepreneurs

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Take Jamie Kern Lima, who left behind her dream of daytime TV to create a makeup line for people with skin conditions after her rosacea began affecting her live interviews as a news anchor. “In Success can look different than you expected. In our society, we’re taught so often to never quit and never give up. Success can sprout from failure.

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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. Progress, however, has been slow.

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Lab rats – how the UK life sciences sector is struggling to find space to work

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We’re still very bullish on the discovery side, but there becomes a cap as to how far you advance your investment based on the broader ecosystem,” he claimed in an interview. “We It is estimated that two-thirds of all life sciences startups in Europe are formed in the UK. But he also warned that conditions could be much better.

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