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True Gender Equality Is Still 151 Years Away—Despite Recent Milestones

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18, 2019, NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch completed the 221st spacewalk in support of the International Space Station’s maintenance and assembly, and marked the first all-female spacewalk in history. women’s team has been far more successful on the international stage than the men’s team,” according to ESPN.

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It’s Not the End: Why Creating an Exit Strategy Sets Your Business Up for Long-Term Success

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And contrary to popular belief, an exit strategy does in fact align interests, incentives and goals regarding growth and profitability because it defines targets aimed toward business growth. “A If the goal is to get acquired by a venture capital, intellectual property, personnel and other assets might be more valuable. Pace yourself.

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

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Marble Hill School for International Studies, in the Kingsbridge neighborhood of the Bronx, has a 96% nonwhite and overwhelmingly first-generation-immigrant student body of about 450, speaking more than 35 languages. Photos courtesy of Marble Hill School for International Studies.

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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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Robbins urges business owners to identify their true purpose and goals by understanding their business’s position in its life cycle. The entrepreneurial trap is getting into business, having all these great goals and dreams, but not knowing how to run it,” he says. Entrepreneurship is not for the faint of heart.”

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

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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. Already an internationally-ranked swimmer in her native South Africa by the age of 14, du Toit seemed to be a rising star in international athletics.

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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. Every single employee, whether you’re an intern, part-time, holiday help or C-level, should have the same level of love and respect and care,” Scott told SUCCESS in 2016. “Our

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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. Nine months after calling off her wedding, she was managing a remote hospital in Darfur, Sudan, that served internally displaced Sudanese refugees. Now, I am living my calling in ways I was unable to imagine in 2002.

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