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Navigating Inner Growth: Top 10 Personal Development Courses to Explore

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Some may include learning the strategies of better time management, stress relief, greater mindfulness, persuasive communication skills and even maximization of personal finance. The cumulative effect is one of empowerment and confidence needed to achieve a successful, happy and more balanced life. The outcomes are often life-changing.

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

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It was 2010. I lost my confidence. Buoyed by this success, I decided to go for the biggest deal of my life: the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. On January 15, 2010, I was expecting a delivery of 17,000-plus tickets, and I had paid a deposit of $3 million for them. I was waiting for the most important call of my life.

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Not All Stories Have Happy Endings—For This Entrepreneur, It Was Still Worth It

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In 2010, after losing her fashion design job during The Great Recession, Kristine Deer founded the activewear brand K-DEER. K-DEER was one of the first brands to make and market printed activewear in 2010 before it became an established retail department. “I Taking a leap. I had nothing to lose besides my ego,” Deer says.

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10 Modern-Day Leaders in Personal Growth

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Operating sans crystal ball or time machine, we can’t say with certainty, but we have a few ideas we feel pretty confident about. Brené Brown Photo by Maile Wilson You might know Brené Brown from her viral 2010 TED Talk, “The Power of Vulnerability,” which is one of the most viewed TED Talks of all time.

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James Dyson: The Ever-Tinkering Engineer

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I learned I would have to introduce the technology myself.” As chairman of his company—Dyson stepped down in 2010—he spent most of his time and energy cultivating the “young and bright” engineers who worked for him at the Dyson Research, Design and Development Center. They couldn’t see the potential. “It

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SUCCESS’ 2024 Women of Influence

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With a focus on the intersection of mindset, strategy and wellness, her Believe-Own-Learn-Design (B.O.L.D.) health care system rapidly improving and evolving, she has developed a focus centered on strengthening the effectiveness of health care institutions through positive diverse relationships, continued learning and competent leadership.

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The Urban Myth of Confidence

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A full-blown, firmly-declared, confident statement uttered with absolute certainty. However, there is one myth rarely mentioned, even though it maybe more harmful and hold more people back than all of the above myths combined: It’s the myth of confidence. Or rather, that people don’t have enough confidence. I ventured.