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What’s Your One Word Mantra for 2018?

Office Dynamics

It was proven to me January of 2017, I decided instead of writing a bunch of goals, I would select one word to be the overarching umbrella of everything I wanted to achieve in 2017. I have purchased homes I wanted, wrote books I envisioned in my head and made vacations become my reality. For 2018, my word is “grow.”

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

Success

Only in his 20s, Chance had already accomplished major goals he’d set for himself, including hosting and performing on Saturday Night Live and winning Grammys. The goal of becoming a millionaire wasn’t on Chance’s list, but it happened anyway. I’ve never really ever judged my successes by how much money I had or how much money I made….

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Set Stretch Goals

Office Dynamics

From Joan Burge’s new book, Joan’s Greatest Administrative Secrets Revealed (2018). Don’t you dare settle for mediocre goals. What is a stretch goal? It is a goal that causes you to go beyond what you know. It is a goal that challenges your thinking and basi­cally makes you uncomfortable. Do they hurt?

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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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Before officially shoving off in 2018, Ellison and Darsy led what some might call typical lives. Ellison and Darsy purchased Polar Seal in March 2016, but they didn’t hit the waters full time until June 2018. Other times, it looks like booking a flight home to spend time apart so both can come back refreshed.

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The Anti-Work Movement and the Surge in Self-Employment

Small Business Labs

Because of the pandemic, millions of people are reexamining their career paths and goals, relationship to work, and priorities. Post-work: the radical idea of a world without jobs – The Guardian: A “long read” article from 2018 covering the history of the antiwork movement and recent (at least in 2018) developments. 

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Bad Times Can Make You Bitter or Better

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In his book Coach Wooden’s Pyramid of Success with Jay Carty, Wooden described his perspective on adversity: “ We cannot allow difficulties to discourage us. In fact, as we become stronger we can and should expand our goals. This article was published in January 2018 and has been updated.

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Free Chapters From Joan’s Book: Who Took My Pen…Again?

Office Dynamics

It’s not very often that Office Dynamics can celebrate another book release by Joan but when we do, the amount of support shown is truly amazing. Joan’s new book, Joan’s Greatest Administrative Secrets Revealed , is set to be released in Septemeber, 2018. To invest in you means to believe in you.

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