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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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After several months of research, they attended a two-week sailing course in Gibraltar before selling Darsy’s apartment and buying Polar Seal in March 2016. “On Ellison and Darsy purchased Polar Seal in March 2016, but they didn’t hit the waters full time until June 2018. There are no shortcuts for that.”.

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4 Ways to Turn Obstacles into Opportunities

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If he had given up, we wouldn’t have the legend we have today. Perceive obstacles as merely a detour to your final goal. Have the conviction that your goal is achievable. Actor Chris Burke once said, “I have a motto on my bedroom wall: ‘Obstacles are what you see when you take your eye off the goal.’ Hope is not a plan.

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11 Ways to Handle Confrontation

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And it’s probably because you’re either scared that the conversation is going to be terribly awkward and so you put it on the backburner, or you’re frustrated but don’t want to make a big deal of it and so you just bottle it up. Bottling it up and not addressing it is the worst course of action. Identify your goals.

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The Negative Side of Positive Thinking

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Throughout his life, family and friends have implored him to cheer up. So what’s a wise approach for embracing the whole self while still moving toward goals with kindness, compassion and responsibility? When you go through your day tallying up positive experiences, it can get old very quickly. Stop tallying.

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Want to Reach Your Potential? Be a Learner

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Early bibles of the field (Napoleon Hill’s Think and Grow Rich , Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People ) urged workers to grow philosophically, to build qualities such as confidence and self-discipline. Most companies hire people with the skills required for identified goals and fire them as needs fade or change, Fay says.

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John Furniss Can’t See, But That Doesn’t Stop His Passionate Pursuit of Art and Purpose as The Blind Woodsman

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A few days later, he’ll share the finished product, oiled up and practically glowing in the sun, with its gorgeous grains on display. He grew up in a small town in Colorado “and I felt like I never really fit in, honestly,” he says. “I I grew up helping my dad work on cars and stuff, and so I remembered it,” he says simply. “I

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SUCCESS’ 2024 Women of Influence

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How Will You Show Up? , With an inspirational personal journey of going from having no food or home for her family to 11 streams of income, multiple real estate properties and running a multimillion-dollar organization within four years, she demonstrates what is possible when your brain is in line with your goals. With the U.S.

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