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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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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. They spent two admittedly short Swedish sailing seasons preparing for the inevitable roadblocks and learning how to co-captain on their own.

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

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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. When we first start with a dream goal, we have all the energy and gumption to make it big. I needed to find out what ultra-athletes can teach us. The mystery excites me.

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5 Realistic Tips to Be More Positive

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It wasn’t easy, but by internalizing the following five tips, I was able to turn my negative attitude into a positive one : 1. Look for a common thread of “wins” throughout the day, such as meetings that went well, key insights that were learned or performance metrics that were met. So how did I do it? Switch gears. Reward yourself.

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

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The key to his success, he says, was never losing sight of that goal. An important part in his personal development was realizing that while he couldn’t control the hand he had been dealt in life, he could control how hard he worked to achieve his goals. After fighting in France, he eventually got his big break with the UFC in 2015.

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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

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From 2015 to 2016, Canadian real estate professionals Tom and Kerri Everitt accompanied daughter Capri (then 11) and her brother (then 9) as the former set out to sing national anthems in as many different countries as possible. I paid her $10 to learn the American national anthem,” Everitt says. “I mean, it’s impossible.”.

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A 4-Question Guide to Unlock Your Creativity

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One 2015 study from Northwestern University found that, in regards to sensory processing as a predictor of creative achievement, divergent thinking did not correlate with real-world creative success. In a 2015 study published in Memory & Cognition , Zabelina explored how patterns of attention may influence creativity.

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Looking Forward With Intention [Free Webinar for Assistants]

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Here at Office Dynamics International, as we wrap up this 25th year of business, we’re feeling both grateful and overwhelmed with all we’ve experienced in 2015. For this final session of the year, we’re sending 2015 off with a bang! December 3, 2015, 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. Learning Highlights.

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