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

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And as that fame grew, so did his fortune—which he immediately started giving away, first in a hefty donation to Chicago Public Schools in 2017, then to the county’s mental health services. He says an after-school program at Chicago’s Harold Washington Library Center gave him the education he needed.

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21 Ways to Read More Books

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A high frequency of reading may decrease the risk of cognitive decline, according to a 14-year longitudinal study published in 2020, and might even help to “delay or prevent dementia in older adults,” according to a 2018 study published in JAMA Psychiatry. Try reading at the library. Take notes. Photo by Evgeny Atamanenko/Shutterstock.

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Five Years After Founding the Me Too Movement, Tarana Burke Remains Focused on Healing

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The group addressed racism on campus and raised funds to help students pay for fees such as parking tickets and library fines. In writing about Burke for the Time 100 list in 2018, actress Gabrielle Union noted: “You want a leader who truly believes in inclusivity. You value the people who are around. You don’t throw people away.

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How to Become a Certified Coach

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In 2018, my Uncle Bill bought me the book Vladimir Putin: Life Coach. Your health: In this article we won’t include personal trainers in our definition of a coach but can call them close cousins. Health coaches deal with anything from the energy in your body to diet to the emotion-body connection. Read books. Invest in training.

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