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How to Stand Up for Yourself

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The director of a small but busy public library in the Midwest, Marcia Fanning (not her real name) says she was meek and didn’t really stand up for herself for many years: “I let people walk all over me, and I ended up being really unhappy a lot of [the] time.”. Best practices for standing up for yourself. I apologized.

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17 Wise Money Quotes About Earning, Saving, Spending and Wealth

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Money can be a pretty sweet deal; it can provide you with an exciting lifestyle, glorious things and sometimes even a little happiness. Sometimes there isn’t enough money to go around—and it can only buy you happiness to a certain extent.

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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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Three months later, while on his last long training run before the ASICS Stockholm Marathon, Ellison had a run-in with a Canadian goose trying to protect her ducklings. 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

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10 Things the Gym Taught Me About Life

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For a while I floated in and out of the gym—and life—like a ghost, going through the motions just to mark the spot without totally giving up. What I know about the cells that make up muscle tissue is that they are temporary. We are made up of prewired potential. Sometimes just the act of showing up is enough.

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Katie Blomquist’s Nonprofit, Going Places, Ensures Kids Living Below the Poverty Line Can Go the Distance

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We tallied up the nominations and are pleased to highlight the hard work these organizations are doing behind the scenes to better the lives of others. The nonprofit also supplies the kids with locks, helmets, bike pumps and training wheels when necessary. Typically, a parent, neighbor, older sibling or cousin steps up.

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How I Became a Morning Person (and How You Can, Too)

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I’d have to end whatever great dream I was having, put on clothes I didn’t like, go out into the world bleary-eyed and stand in a cramped train with a hundred other people who would also rather be anywhere else. We would often stay up into the early hours working on our projects, chatting, watching movies, you name it.

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A 4-Question Guide to Unlock Your Creativity

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Is the metric based on how many new ideas you can come up with ? On how you dress, what music you listen to and with whom you strike up conversations? When we diversify our experiences, we’re more likely to come up with new ideas or ways of looking at the world,” Forgeard says. “We After all, how do you measure? a paperweight!