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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. I can’t quit a steady job; it’s irresponsible for me to give up this paycheck and health benefits.’” The people who had been her mentors, her teachers and leaders, told her she shouldn’t have the baby. I’d been feeling him kick for months.

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Shaping Sara Blakely: Meet the Billionaire Founder of Spanx

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I just do it because—darn it—there are a lot of women [in the world] who don’t have the opportunity to get up in the morning and even get an education, so I can get my butt on a plane and deal with it. I needed the income and the security and the insurance and the health benefits and all that. Take flying, for instance. “I

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Introducing the SUCCESS 125

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And for the sixth time, we have done the research to find the 25 most influential leaders in this space: the coaches, speakers, authors, mentors and thought leaders to know in 2022. He is a teacher, a mentor, a coach, a convener, and a doer. Coach, mentor, creator. But this year, there’s more. Amy Astaraee. Glenn Bill.

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Apprenticeships Are Making a Comeback—Here’s Why

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The term “apprentice” might conjure up images of blacksmiths training young teens in the “olden days,” or maybe former President Donald Trump on the 2004 premiere of the show by the same name. Eddy is also the author of Crisis-Proofing Today’s Learners: Reimagining Career Education to Prepare Kids for Tomorrow’s World. “We

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Apprenticeships Are Making a Comeback—Here’s Why

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The term “apprentice” might conjure up images of blacksmiths training young teens in the “olden days,” or maybe former President Donald Trump on the 2004 premiere of the show by the same name. Eddy is also the author of Crisis-Proofing Today’s Learners: Reimagining Career Education to Prepare Kids for Tomorrow’s World. “We

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