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The Nathalie Virem Foundation Helps Leaders Rediscover Their Purpose

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After growing up in Europe, she arrived in the United States with a full athletic and academic scholarship to Jacksonville University in Florida. In order to identify scholarship recipients, Virem has interested parties fill out a questionnaire and speak with her on the phone. This, she realized, was her calling.

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Achieving Success Comes Down to One Thing: Connecting With People

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Growing up, I dabbled in just about everything—from band and choir to basketball and acting—because I needed to know more about all the things life offered. It can be a quick cup of coffee here or a half-hour phone call there; it can be a weekly, monthly or even quarterly check-in. Stay curious and open minded.

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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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Setting up a challenge to nap for 30 days is a challenge in itself. Napping for longer than 30 minutes was bad, too—I might wake up groggy and unmotivated to work. Mark Zhang, CEO and founder of Manta Sleep, backed this up. I set daily alarms on my phone so I wouldn’t forget to sleep, or worse, make the mistake of oversleeping.

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This Is How You Can Get Better at Reading People

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It also includes every way you communicate, whether it’s in person, by phone, by email, by text or on social media. This article originally appeared in the February 2018 issue of SUCCESS magazine and has been updated. That includes everyone, whether it’s an audience, a colleague, your spouse, your kids or a customer.

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The Cost of Remote Work in a Technology-Centered World

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A 2018 article published in the Labor Law Journal looked at the legal implications of working after-hours, discussing how smartphones give employees easy access to their work emails at all hours of the day. The breakdown of work-life balance.

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Finding Joy and Friendship in a Pandemic-Induced Hobby

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I needed something to do—a hobby—that would force me to put my phone down and redirect my attention and my thumbs. When I arrived at my beginner’s class in summer 2018 as an eager 32-year-old, I was the youngest stitcher by at least 20 years. They were thrilled by the “youthful crowd” taking up the hobby. Generation Zen.

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5 Ways to Thrill Your Customers (Because a Thank You Email Just Doesn’t Cut It Anymore)

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The agent pays to put them up in a luxury condo overnight, covers the change fees on their flights, and sells them a home the next day. I do more than 700 phone calls, not emails, to clients on their birthdays each year. This article was published in April 2018 and has been updated. Keep them coming back.

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