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

Success

Lesson 1: Motivation to keep going and do whatever it takes As with anything in life, the drive to achieve a goal is a huge motivator to get things done. I think what’s helped me over the years to stay motivated is having something on the calendar, whether that’s a race or a big adventure with friends,” she says. “I

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This Canadian Real Estate Agent Helped His Daughter Break an Unusual Guinness World Record and Found a Breakthrough of His Own

Success

He helped his daughter set an unusual world record : most national anthems sung in their home countries in a calendar year. All in one calendar year. The logistics are nuts. And could you imagine doing it now?” Everitt says with a laugh. “I I mean, it’s impossible.”.

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How To Hire And Manage Freelancers, According To Experts

Allwork

How to interview freelance marketers It’s impossible to achieve goals you never set — so define and communicate your objective and scope of work in the first interview. Erin Balsa, head of content marketing at The Predictive Index , has been hiring freelance writers since 2011 and managing them since 2015. What does a win look like?

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My 2015 Year in Review (and How a Journal Made It Easy to Do)

Productivityist

As I write this, there are 37 hours left in 2015. It’s amazing how quickly the calendar year has flown by. At the end of each calendar year, I like to look back and see where I’ve been and what I’ve done. This Friday (January 1) I’ll spend the majority of my day reading my journal entries from 2015.

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My 2015 Year in Review (and How a Journal Made It Easy to Do)

Productivityist

As I write this, there are 37 hours left in 2015. It’s amazing how quickly the calendar year has flown by. At the end of each calendar year, I like to look back and see where I’ve been and what I’ve done. This Friday (January 1) I’ll spend the majority of my day reading my journal entries from 2015.

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It’s February – Do You Know Where Your Resolutions Are?

Step It Up VA Coaching

Write your action steps down, and calendar them to make them a priority. Book additional time each month to simply check-in with yourself, to re-evaluate your goals and assess what’s working, and what’s not. Don’t let February go by with no action taken on your 2015 goals. miles a day. Start there.

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Communicating With Your Manager

Office Dynamics

Daily Calendars. It is easy to place a wrong time or wrong date on a calendar. Or because so many executives are independent, they place events on their own calendars and forget to inform their administrative partner. Your goal is to have a daily huddle with each other whether in person or on the telephone.