article thumbnail

Interview with Kate Smith of Juno VA

Karen Vivarelli

Despite a world pandemic sweeping the world at the time the course started, Kate and the other women in the VA Course all banded together to support each other in learning something new. I have learned the hard way. What types of things have you had to learn to become a VA? What’s the hardest thing about being a VA?

article thumbnail

The Secret to Happiness… Is Just Love

Success

On its journey to discovering what it means to be Real, the Velveteen Rabbit learns that, in the end, it’s to have someone love you and to be able to accept that love in return. 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. But they stay the same, too.

2017 321
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Ep 207: Deedee Benyi on Understanding the Business and Supporting Multiple Executives

LEADERASSISTANT.COM

LEADERSHIP QUOTE If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. Deedee joined The Hartford in 2004 and has spent most of her tenure supporting claims leaders until her move to support the Chief Data Science Officer in 2019. Each review helps me stay motivated to keep the show going!

2004 87
article thumbnail

Too Busy for Relationships? 5 Ways to Make Time for Connection

Success

I interviewed 300 people to discover the quality of their relationships and here’s what they had to say. The number of people who say they have no one with whom to discuss important matters has more than doubled between 1985 and 2004, according to a 2006 study by researchers at Duke University and the University of Arizona.

2004 279
article thumbnail

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

Success

But during a September 2013 interview with Howard Stern, Fox told the radio host, “Believe it or not, from a scientific point of view, that’s not significant.” They have learned not to count on everything being the same and to react to subtle changes. They have learned resiliency ,” Fox says.

2001 288
article thumbnail

Shaping Sara Blakely: Meet the Billionaire Founder of Spanx

Success

In 2004 Blakely tackled another hurdle when she appeared on a reality show with Richard Branson called The Rebel Billionaire: Branson’s Quest for the Best , a sort-of cross between The Apprentice and The Amazing Race. Embracing and learning from failure Her father would even have Blakely and her brother do exercises in failure.

Fax 279
article thumbnail

Ep 251: Maria Smith on the Science and Benefits of Goal-Setting

LEADERASSISTANT.COM

Maria graduated from the University of Kentucky with a degree in Political Science, won the title of Miss Kentucky and competed in Miss America in 2004. At age 9, she set goals to become the first college graduate in her family and to earn the title of Miss Kentucky.

Goals 75