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

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His rigorous and dedicated practice habits were no longer just about honing a skill—they were about reclaiming a part of himself. It’s how you deal with the challenges the disability presents you with.”. ‘Be Be everything you want to be,” du Toit regularly reminds her fans during interviews. Be everything you want to be’.

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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. Amazon was made up of less than 1000 employees in 2002, compared with today’s 1.3 This position, one she would hold for the next three years, would change the trajectory of her whole life.

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

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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. When presented with two identical summaries—one for a candidate named John, the other for a candidate named Jennifer—faculty members at six U.S. It’s flexible.

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Glenn and Mindy Stearns: Building a Legacy of Kindness

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In joint interviews and on their own podcast they interrupt each other, finish each other’s thoughts, tease each other, and riff on each other’s comments. More than two decades later, she is still sometimes called The Rooster Lady and breaks out that unique skill on occasion. Her ever-present smile swallows her whole head.

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