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What MLB Pitcher Jon Lester and 4 Other Professional Athletes Teach Us About Overcoming Obstacles

Success

After receiving his diagnosis in August 2006, Lester went through treatment, worked his way back into the major leagues and pitched—and won—a World Series game. Then, in May 2008, he became the 18th pitcher in the history of the storied Red Sox organization to throw a perfect game. For Rudolph, the goal was everything.

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Andrew Filev Founder Of Wrike | Reclaiming Lost Productivity & Improving Workplace Culture

Allwork

He started the company in 2006 to help people and companies work more productively and be more time and cost efficient. Andrew now serves more than 3000 companies and encourages the use of specific, measurable goals to encourage the team to work together towards a common goal rather than using surveillance tools.

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Day in the life: Diana Brandl, Senior EA at Mister Spex

Practically Perfect PA

Motivate…my colleagues every single day and bring the team together as we fight for common goals. We have many meetings that need to be organized and prepared especially the logistics when we meet off site. I am a proud member of IMA (International Management Assistants) since 2006. What do you do for lunch?

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The new IPCC climate report is hugely important — and here are 6 main takeaways

Ideas.Ted

The IPCC is the climate science body of the United Nations and the World Meteorological Organization, and it is the global authority on the state of Earth’s climate and how human activities affect it. millimeters per year during 1901-1971, 1.9mm per year during 1971-2006, and 3.7mm per year during 2006-2018.

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Tim Rowe – Founder and CEO of CIC | Flexible Workspaces: Competing Globally

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It actually started showing up around, I think, 2006, 2007, somewhere like that. And of course, now we’ve really all adopted this notion that it’s okay to be kind of physically around others that are not part of your organization. The MIT owns the property that it sits on, but it’s an independent organization.

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Don't Underestimate The Importance Of Time Management

The Small Business Blog

6 days ago RT @ WinWeb Focus on Your Small Business Goals - [link] 6 days ago Perluondo: "They're exactly the demographics I'm looking for." If you have a clear goal in mind for every day, or even each hour, then do all you can to achieve those goals. WinWeb TV Free Small & Home Business Videos for you.

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10 Sites for Quotations

Ian's Messy Desk

The brainy quote – thousands of quotations organized by topic, author and type. Quotelady.com – An old-school style web site focussing on inspirational quotations organized in dozens of categories. Famousquotations.com – quotations, quotes and proverbs. Quotationreference.com – a compendium of quotations.

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