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Beyond Gold: What Happens After You Achieve Your Biggest Goal?

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If your definition of success involves pushing yourself to achieve a goal , there’s no one more successful than Olympic Gold medalists. Gymnast Carly Patterson was just 16 when her dazzling performance at the 2004 Athens Olympics made her the second American woman ever to win the all-around competition. She was also physically spent.

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How Michael J. Fox Finds Ways Around Life’s Obstacles

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Then Fox’s golden-boy career was seemingly derailed much too soon by a diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease—only to be resurrected by award-winning guest roles and, briefly, his own NBC sitcom before he officially retired in 2020. There’s a definite hitch in his gait and some slight shaking in his head and arms. The Michael J.

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The Secret to Happiness… Is Just Love

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But as we age, we’re taught that being Real means paying attention in school, landing a good job, earning a steady income, settling down with a family and preparing for retirement. It’s the most thorough study of human lives that’s ever been done,” said George Vaillant, director of the study from 1972 to 2004.

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