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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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I Gave Up Drinking for Lent—and Here Are the 5 Things I Learned

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I learned who my real friends are. So I stayed committed to my goal through parties, bars and happy hours. This article was published in April 2015 and has been updated. Photo by All kind of people/Shutterstock The post I Gave Up Drinking for Lent—and Here Are the 5 Things I Learned appeared first on SUCCESS.

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Chance the Rapper on Achieving Goals as an Independent Artist & Paying It Forward

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I learned how to use Pro Tools, how to record myself and how to EQ [equalize] my vocals a little bit from Simeon Viltz and another mentor who passed away, Brother Mike Hawkins,” he says. The goal of becoming a millionaire wasn’t on Chance’s list, but it happened anyway. That was a really, really big part of me gaining my fanbase….

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The Nathalie Virem Foundation Helps Leaders Rediscover Their Purpose

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In 2015, after some time spent musing over what her calling actually was, Virem started her first company, Nathalie Virem Inc. So, really learning to connect intuitively, to become more conscious, to discern when they make business decisions. The specific training is three-dimensional; let’s put it that way,” she continues. “Or

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StretchLabs Is Taking Stretching from a Pre-Workout Activity to Part of a Holistic Wellness Regimen

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We humans mostly stretch as a quick pre- or post-workout activity, though we have something to learn from our four-legged friends. One fast-growing company, StretchLab, is helping athletes and non-athletes alike learn how to incorporate stretching into their routines so they can move their bodies better.

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Should People with Grit Ever Give Up?

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Having grit doesn’t mean never giving up; it means not giving up on our long-term goals. And sometimes the best way to achieve our long-term goals may be to give up on unproductive short-term goals. We can think of our goals in a hierarchy, explains Angela Duckworth, Ph.D., Is what you’re pursuing worth the grit?

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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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