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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. But the story is told time and time again: After the first step, you often learn that fear outsizes reality.

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Inhuman Error: How Do We Counteract AI Bias?

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Machine-learning applications “learn” by recognizing complex patterns in data. The most famous case of this happened in 2018, when Amazon had to ditch an AI hiring tool because it was discriminating against women. This article originally appeared in the Sept/Oct 2023 issue of SUCCESS magazine. How did this happen?

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Do You Treat Yourself Like You Deserve?

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This was Lindsey Walker’s life as of the spring of 2018, as the founder and CEO of Walker + Associates Media Group, an Atlanta-based public relations firm with a focus on media relations and event coordination for brands across entertainment, beauty and lifestyle. “No 13, 2018, Walker was cancer-free. It’s indescribable.

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Tom Wheelwright, CPA, Examines the Advantages of Franchising Your Business

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Introducing WealthAbility® In 2018, I set out to share this knowledge more widely. The first lesson we learned in this process was the importance of having the right coach. Finally, we learned firsthand the value of having great existing relationships. Photo by Scott Foust/Courtesy of Tom Wheelwright.

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The Nathalie Virem Foundation Helps Leaders Rediscover Their Purpose

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In 2018, she created the Nathalie Virem Foundation , a nonprofit with the same purpose as her company: to empower leaders to discover their purpose, both for themselves and to affect positive change in their communities. So, really learning to connect intuitively, to become more conscious, to discern when they make business decisions.

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I Tried Napping Every Day for a Month—Here’s What I Learned About Toxic Hustle Culture

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A 2018 study published in the Nature of Science and Sleep Journal found that high sleep latency (increasing minutes) indicates poor sleep health. This article originally appeared in the March/April 2022 Issue of SUCCESS magazine. The time it takes to drift off is called sleep latency, which could determine the quality of some naps.

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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. When I was 12 to 13 years old, we played everything—strip music, rhythm and blues,” he told Context magazine. “We You can become more flexible in your thinking if you… Keep learning.

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