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5 Reasons Behind the Meteoric Rise of Pickleball

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In 2016, Randy Sussman’s job transferred him from Las Vegas to Florida. Now the co-owner of a pickleball apparel company ( PB1965 ) and another that runs pickleball tournaments, including the inaugural Atlantic City Pickleball Open held in September, Sussman calls pickleball a runaway train, and he’s just along for the ride.

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A 4-Question Guide to Unlock Your Creativity

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In an informal poll, we asked friends, family members and neighbors the same question, and the results were unanimous: A retired accountant: yes. You may hear a new song, for example, that reminds you of that book you read that the guy you met on the train recommended. So you think you’re creative? We’re going to guess you do.

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What You Can Learn About Making Decisions From a Baseball Umpire

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The importance of quick decision making for baseball umpires Almost every tactic deployed and decision made by the umpires is based on training, decades spent honing the smallest details in an effort to get decisions right as often as humanly possible. “It’s called rodeo clowning, when another umpire is supposed to step in and play good cop.”

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Future-Proof Your Career

Office Dynamics

I’m always amazed when I meet someone in the workplace and I ask them what their goals are for the next year or I talk to them about expanding their skill sets and they say to me, “I plan to coast until I retire. I think to myself, “How are you so sure everything is going to stay the same until you retire three or four years from now?”

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29 Beautiful Stories That Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity

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Commutes can be the bane of city dwellers’ existences, but not for commuters at the Armitage train station in Chicago. Janet has given me pep talks for job interviews and has helped me when I have forgotten my train pass. When I moved and took a different train, my commutes were lackluster without Martin. I’m screwed.”.

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Christoph Fleischmann of Arthur | Bridging the Hybrid Work Divide with Mixed Reality

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In 2016, Fleischmann founded Arthur Technologies, a VR-based dynamic collaboration meeting solution. In 2016, Fleischmann founded Arthur Technologies. You’re always saying, well, when I retire, I’m going back to Rome, so you should just stay in Rome, and we can all work together.

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SUCCESS’ 2024 Women of Influence

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Business owners, executives, sales teams and rev ops teams hire her when they want to boost mental stamina and increase sales through neuroscience-based mindset training. They have more than 17,000 women in their community and have led more than 6,000 women through their training and coaching programs.

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