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Cynthia Breazeal Is Making AI Fun and Educational for Kids

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In 2004, she published her seminal book, Designing Sociable Robots , which presented her vision for social robots of the future. Especially for older adults living alone, simply having an entity acknowledging their presence positively benefited their emotional well-being and mental health.

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How to Name Your Business

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You have a very limited amount of time to get a potential customer’s attention and answer key questions about what your business does,” says Mark Joyner, author of a book on business naming called The Irresistible Offer: How to Sell Your Product or Service in 3 Seconds or Less. We rolled it out to the public in 2004.

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How Women Are Rising in Business

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According to Guidant, the highest number of women-owned small businesses were in retail (18%), followed by “food and restaurant” at 12% and “health, beauty and fitness services” at 10%. Henderson, a self-taught thought leader with three honorary doctorates and nine books to her credit, “served on the U.S. of women-owned businesses.

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Maintaining Friendships Is Hard—Here’s Why It’s Crucial for Your Well-Being

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But much clinical evidence shows the strength of these relationships can increase positive emotions and improve our health and well-being. between 1985 and 2004. Friends represent the least clear-cut relationships in our lives; they don’t wear our wedding bands or share our DNA.

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Go Straight for the Joy and Follow Your Purpose

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In 2004 I was enjoying the highest-paying, most respectable job I had ever worked. In her book Steering by Starlight: The Science and Magic of Finding Your Destiny , she recalls writing a mission statement for a scholarship application when she was 16 years old. Then a Cadillac Escalade sideswiped me on my way home one evening.

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10 Trailblazing Women Paving the Way for a Better Future

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her mother Dr. Whitney Casares, pediatrician and founder of Modern Mommy Doc Photo courtesy of Ashlie Behm Photography Maternal child health care expert Dr. Casares founded Modern Mommy Doc , where she teaches career-minded moms to prioritize what matters most to them and to stop letting their to-do lists define them.

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Building on your skills

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In 2009 – by implementing the Marketing Train System, even with several major life crisis’s ranging from the loss of her father, then her nanny of 2 years, her mother being ill, her own health issues, and other family issues – she TRIPLED her business by implementing this simple concept. Loose Ends. All Rights Reserved.

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