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5 Ways to Keep Your Words from Sabotaging Your Success

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Learn when to be quiet. You will come across as being more thoughtful and will likely feel more confident about what you say. This article was published in April 2008 and has been updated. The missing piece that will solidify success in your relationships, job or entrepreneurial endeavors may be right under your nose!

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How Three Post-Secondary Programs Are Setting Autistic Individuals on a Path to Success

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So, the duo founded nonPareil Institute, a post-secondary training institute, in 2008. We saw their self-esteem and self-confidence go up in that short amount of time.” In 2008, World Golf Hall of Famer Ernie Els and his wife Liezl Els went public with their son Ben’s autism diagnosis.

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For Jamie Kern Lima, Unlocking Success Starts with Embracing Self-Worth

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This ignited Lima’s entrepreneurial spirit, leading her to co-found IT Cosmetics in 2008 from her living room with her husband, Paulo Lima. Her success went beyond financial achievements; it was a validation of her belief that every woman deserves to feel beautiful and confident. It’s a playbook on how to believe in oneself.”

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This One Question Transformed My Sales Career—and My Life

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I began to read books on selling and put into action what I had learned. And I developed the habit of immediately taking action on any advice or good idea that I received or learned. What I learned from this experience was the great Law of Cause and Effect. This article was published in June 2008 and has been updated.

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How I Lost $3 Million in 24 Hours and Bounced Back

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I lost my confidence. At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, I supplied tickets to more than 8,500 people, netting over $1 million in profits. But the pain was fresh, and the daily struggle for money and confidence were keeping me stuck. But she decided to stick with me, to stand by my side and support me 100%. I lost my business.

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Gigi Gorgeous: How to Stay Grounded When Social Media Is Your Full-Time Job

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Gigi joined YouTube in 2008. Gigi faces challenges everyone can learn from. If I’m going through a hard time, or I’m feeling depressed or down or insecure or not confident, I’m like, you have to count at least three things that you are grateful for, or you think you wouldn’t have accomplished, but you have,” Gigi says.

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Want to Reach Your Potential? Be a Learner

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Early bibles of the field (Napoleon Hill’s Think and Grow Rich , Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People ) urged workers to grow philosophically, to build qualities such as confidence and self-discipline. It just felt like a really comfortable environment to learn in,” said our classmate Alexandra Molnar. “I

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