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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. 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 The story lit a spark for the couple, though they had no experience sailing.

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Help Your Supervisors Start 2018 Out Right

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As we remove the plastic wrappings from our new calendars and start neatly recording upcoming events and plans, we’re inspired to make 2018 the best year ever. Supervisors and managers in your organization are having the same thoughts—they want to make 2018 the best year ever, for themselves and their people. Look Back! ?

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Bad Times Can Make You Bitter or Better

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Roadblocks may cause us to alter our course a bit, but we cannot let them deter us from our destination. “I After we learn the basics, we move on to algebra, then to geometry and so on. This article was published in January 2018 and has been updated. I have often said that we grow stronger through adversity. That’s adversity.

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Furthering Your Education on a Budget

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The National Center for Education Statistics estimates that the average undergraduate tuition at public colleges during 2018-2019 was $18,383.00, all included (fees, tuition, housing, etc.) For us, that might be finding a sommelier class, taking a pasta-making class with friends or hands on learning about digital currency.

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4 Lessons Ultra-Athletes Can Teach Us About Grit—In Life and Business

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In a 2018 study on the psychology of ultra-marathon runners, researchers found that mental toughness helps overcome the perception of physical, psychological, emotional and environmental obstacles. Call it maturity or experience, but we start to listen more—internally and externally—and learn to course correct to stay consistent.

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3 Key Qualities of a Good Team Player

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They had embraced a teamwork attitude ; each member learning to put aside his prejudice, mistrust, pride and fear to become part of a greater whole. You can become more flexible in your thinking if you… Keep learning. For many years, I carried a notecard in my pocket and jotted down new information as I learned it.

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8 Ways to Support Formerly Incarcerated Citizens Reentering Society

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Instead, he advocates for “having an open, honest interview process where guys can go and talk about, ’Hey, I did make a mistake, but this is what I’ve learned and how I’ve changed, and how this benefits you.’” We’re on course to gross $9 million this year,” he says. We thought at first it was just going to be enough to feed ourselves.

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