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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. These students can choose between courses that teach both core soft skills, such as “ communications ” or “community and culture,” and hard technical skills. They yearned for more and they knew they had the skill set to accomplish more.

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Employers No Longer Disqualify Those With Criminal Backgrounds

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From July 2007 to July 2008, more than 10,000 people left Las Vegas as the unemployment rate in the metro area skyrocketed to more than 12 percent and home prices plunged by 30 percent. It was a grim time. Thousands of workers who filled construction jobs left the state in search of a way to survive the Great Recession. Enter Jon Ponder.

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

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It wasn’t just any form of the disease, but a rare form of blood cancer known as anaplastic large-cell lymphoma. Then, in May 2008, he became the 18th pitcher in the history of the storied Red Sox organization to throw a perfect game. Lester went to see doctors and heard words he never expected: He had cancer.

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Think Like a Child: What We Lose with Age (and How to Get It Back)

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In his 2008 book, Jump the Curve: 50 Essential Strategies to Help Companies Deal with Emerging Technologies , Uldrich devotes a chapter to “The Power of Play.”. “It It has been theorized by some that play is an integral form of learning,” he says. “It It allows people to practice skills they might need later down the line.

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Oh, Mexico: A Burned-Out CEO Turns a Ranch into a Retreat

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Another plan in the pipeline is to further employees’ education by offering courses that develop skills in computer science and HVAC technologies, for example. Harper doesn’t mind at all when those employees take the skills they’ve learned at Rancho Pescadero and go off on their own—or to another resort. But her persistence won out.

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Public Speaking Skills

Ian's Messy Desk

Home About Contact Me Links Sitemap Public Speaking Skills Posted by Ian McKenzie Written on August 6, 2010 If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Stick to your plan – the following three points will always form a logical presentation: This is where I was, This is where I am now, This is how I got from there to here.

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Miracle Mornings, Letting Go of Control and Finding Inner Freedom with Hal Elrod

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In 2008, he was depressed, broke and out of shape, unsure of how to break free. The six practices formed the miracle morning acronym SAVERS. He believes it is the most important skill to develop in life. For Elrod, this revelation was hard-won. Need to heal a relationship? Adjust your mindset. Need to develop more confidence?