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This Digital Nomad Couple Sold Everything to Travel the World in a Sailboat—Here’s What They’ve Learned About Life, Goal Setting and Relationships

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Before officially shoving off in 2018, Ellison and Darsy led what some might call typical lives. They met on Tinder in 2015 while living in Sweden as expats: Ellison, an aviation sales director from Des Moines, Iowa, and Darsy, a human resources systems specialist from Paris. “But Your speed is the right speed.

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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. Call it maturity or experience, but we start to listen more—internally and externally—and learn to course correct to stay consistent.

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UFC’s Francis Ngannou’s Keys to Overcoming Obstacles and Visualizing Success

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As he describes it, the thing that kept him going was his internal drive to make a radical, lasting change in his life. After fighting in France, he eventually got his big break with the UFC in 2015. After a loss to heavyweight legend Stipe Miocic in 2018, he had to dig deep to resurrect his career. I didn’t make it in the U.S.

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They’re Back: Boomerang Employees on the Rise for Good or Bad

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Stripling worked at 84.51° as an intern and then as a lead data scientist for about five years. He left the company in 2018, then returned in 2022. “I Learn about the company culture. “If I left to manage a pricing team at Kroger’s grocery stores and then managed a team for a clothing retailer,” Stripling says.

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Why Traveling the World Is the Best Investment in Yourself

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I’ve learned something different every day—sometimes every hour, and sometimes even more frequently than that. There are experiences and lessons you learn on the road that can be directly applied to business and investment. Learning to be curious about and gain knowledge from people will aid you in every aspect of your life.

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Meet the 2022 Women of Influence

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In January 2018, she became a brand ambassador for Revlon, making her the first curvy model of her generation to receive a major beauty contract. Florence Nightingale Graham: This early adopter of skin-care revolutions set out to create her very own “beauty cream,” which ultimately evolved into international cosmetics empire Elizabeth Arden.

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Want More Charisma? It All Starts with Your Mind

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A 2018 study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology even created a General Charisma Inventory with points that varied from leadership skills to general approachability. And it can be learned. When our internal voice starts criticizing us , lashing out, it can feel like we’re under attack,” Cabane writes.