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What Leslie Jordan’s Legacy Can Teach Us About Pivoting to a Third Act

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Leslie Jordan: Repurposing Your Gifts. Jordan had a social media presence prior to the pandemic, having joined Instagram in September 2018. It’s also a great example of how someone can take their gifts— in Jordan’s case, stage presence, comedic timing and storytelling—and repurpose them, like he did from on-screen to online.

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Why Supporting Small Businesses This Holiday Season Is More Urgent Than Ever

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Founded in February 2020 by Monica Fullerton, who herself is a military spouse, Spouse-ly is based in Las Vegas and supports more than 300 vendors (aka families) selling items ranging from apparel to home decor, gifts, arts and crafts, jewelry and more. Courtesy of Orangewood Guitars. Orangewood Guitars. Photo courtesy of MOTSI.

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Meet the 2022 Women of Influence

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In January 2018, she became a brand ambassador for Revlon, making her the first curvy model of her generation to receive a major beauty contract. She’s also an activist and an entrepreneur with her Saysh brand of lifestyle sneakers designed for and by women. In 2018, Rhimes was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame.

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Want More Charisma? It All Starts with Your Mind

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A 2018 study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology even created a General Charisma Inventory with points that varied from leadership skills to general approachability. A gift of presence. But perhaps her greatest charismatic gift is her almost palpable concern for others. What I remember best about Ms.

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Q&A: Bauble Stockings Founder on Turning a Family Tradition Into a Business

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Growing up, Kate Stice Stewart would shop for a special Christmas gift for her mother. She, her brothers and their father would nestle it—or a clue about it—in a small needlepoint stocking on the tree, and it would be the last gift opened. She had talked to Page Six saying we were the best gift of Christmas. She agreed.

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Leading with Kindness: 14 Most Charitable Celebrities

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If we all took a little more time to get to know people, I think it would change the whole temperament of the world,” Flavortown Mayor Guy Fieri told Delish in 2018. Chip and Joanna Gaines were featured in the January 2018 issue of SUCCESS.

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