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Happy International Coworking Day 2023! See How Communities Around The World Are Celebrating

Allwork

Marked on August 9 each year, International Coworking Day celebrates the day in 2005 when the self-proclaimed pioneer of coworking, Brad Neuberg, mentioned it for the first time. On this day, coworking spaces worldwide open their doors to celebrate with their communities to spread awareness about coworking.

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What Leslie Jordan’s Legacy Can Teach Us About Pivoting to a Third Act

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Consider how transferrable those skills are, and what possible new industries or entrepreneurial ventures might benefit from them. Further spurred by her own history of severe childhood asthma and allergies, and after learning many baby products contain harmful chemicals, she decided to build a clean and natural products brand.

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The Difference Between an Employee vs. Entrepreneur Is Mindset

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My rich dad often said, “Learn to build your own business and hire good people.” If they want to change quadrants, not only are there skills and technical things to learn, but, in many cases, there are also emotional challenges to overcome. Copyright © 2005 Robert T. He was encouraging me to become an employee.

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Is College Still Worth It?

Success

Yet college—in the traditional sense of a bachelor’s degree from a four-year institution of higher learning that a student pursues full time on campus—is still imaginatively linked with the supposed American Dream and assumed to be the one and only road to success. Here’s a head-scratcher. Reinventing apprenticeships. It’s a clear win-win.

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Tips for Saying “No!” the Nice Way

Stephanie LH Calahan

Agreeing to help out shouldn't mean that you have to learn an entirely new set of skills. If you don't feel that you have adequate skills to take on a task, that's okay. I've Learned This Isn't My Strong Suit. I originally published portions of this article on 08-18-2005. . . Did you know that makes you stronger?

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Pauline Roussel CEO at Coworkies and Co-author of “Around The World in 250 Coworking Spaces” | Driving Collaboration: How Coworking Spaces Foster Connections in Work Communities

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What you’ll learn Discover the fascinating evolution and history of coworking spaces – uncover how this innovative concept has transformed the way professionals work and collaborate. But the official start of the coworking as a movement was in 2005 in San Francisco. And that day was actually kind of interesting.

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Life Missions with LifeHack

Productivityist

In addition to coming up with a goal—say, to learn a programming language to be more assertive with your boss—it’s important to understand who you are, what makes you tick, and how you deal with others around you. The right skills and the right mindset can help with this. Do you still think that goal setting is important? Is that it?

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