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4 Lessons Ultra-Athletes Can Teach Us About Grit—In Life and Business

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In a 2018 study on the psychology of ultra-marathon runners, researchers found that mental toughness helps overcome the perception of physical, psychological, emotional and environmental obstacles. Asmuth suggests leaning into your networks to ask for help. “We Embrace it, accept it and make it work. Ask for help.

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How Immersive Art Has Transformed the Ways People Experience Creativity??????????

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Canberra’s own version, the Enlighten Festival, has been (literally) spotlighting artists since 2011; this year’s event featured Hugh Burrell’s 16-foot-high Five Elements Orrery , which combined wind-driven metal spheres and arms lit with LED lights to create a massive moving sculpture.

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How Immersive Art Has Transformed the Ways People Experience Creativity??????????

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Canberra’s own version, the Enlighten Festival, has been (literally) spotlighting artists since 2011; this year’s event featured Hugh Burrell’s 16-foot-high Five Elements Orrery , which combined wind-driven metal spheres and arms lit with LED lights to create a massive moving sculpture.

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One way to create cooler, cleaner megacities: Plant rooftop gardens!

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Founded in 2018, the organization partners with sponsors to provide hydroponic gardening supplies to low-income families for free and sells these same supplies to other customers. We want to create a network of practitioners to share knowledge and information and at the same time, invite other people,” El-Masry says. .

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Top 10 Signs Coworking is Entering the Mainstream

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The continued exponential growth of global coworking spaces and members : Karsten's Foertsch's excellent presentation on the coworking industry  made it very clear our forecast at the 2014 GCUC that there would be 1 million coworking members by 2018 is woefully low.

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Who Needs an Office? 10 Entrepreneurs Weigh In on the Future of Virtual Work

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Gerber, 38, now a serial entrepreneur and author of Superconnector: Stop Networking and Start Building Business Relationships that Matter , published in 2018, has become an evangelist for entrepreneurship, particularly for resourceful young go-getters who may not be cut out for life as cubicle dwellers. The post Who Needs an Office?

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These 8 cities around the world are putting their focus on biking and walking — not cars

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According to C40 , a global network of cities committed to addressing climate change, it starts with prioritizing “the movement of people rather than cars.”. TransMilenio — an impressive network of rapid-transit bus routes — opened in 2000. Montréal, Canada’s active transportation network.

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