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How Women Are Rising in Business

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of employer businesses in 2019—a growth of 16.7% million workers in 2019 and grew their workforce by 28%… between 2012 and 2019.” The 2019 “ State of Women-Owned Businesses Report ” from American Express finds women-owned businesses “now represent 42% of all businesses—nearly 13 million—employing 9.4 trillion.”

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True Gender Equality Is Still 151 Years Away—Despite Recent Milestones

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Lovelace was running the privately-funded, unofficial project, which he called the “Woman in Space Program,” according to the Library of Congress , around the same time he was testing the Mercury 7 astronauts. Nearly 60 years later, on Oct. However, in 2022, a lawsuit filed by the NWSL against the U.S. Soccer Federation reached a settlement.

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How to Cultivate a Growth Mindset

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However, researchers also found that placing a priority on happiness —that is, creating a goal to remain consistently happy—“leads to feelings of depression and loneliness, and partly diminishes the happiness felt.” Their primary goal? 1 goal is to improve. This article was published in October 2019 and has been updated.

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22 Self-Improvement Gift Ideas for Personal Development Junkies

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Covering up to 800 square feet, the air220 works to clean indoor air with three levels of filtration to capture smoke, dust, pollen, hair, pet odors and more and all with a motor that keeps the room “library quiet.” This article was originally published in December 2019 and has been updated.

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How to Launch (and Maintain) a Successful E-Commerce Business

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This sounds like the fantasy version of the e-commerce lifestyle that’s sold in Instagram ads, but it was reality for my wife and me when we lived in Mexico in 2019. They understand that getting their goods will take some time, and know that they will be refunded if you fail to hit your funding goals. Crunch the numbers.

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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. Ironically, in 2019 she was the guest speaker for Auburn’s Extraordinary Women Lecture held at the university’s main campus. Her goal isn’t to tally wins and losses, she says. We take care of our folks.

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In the hopes of healing her own life, she sought training in coaching, nutrition, fitness and mindfulness, and her goal became to teach others how to balance a thriving career, body and mind. Celebrated annually on September 25, it is the first-ever global holiday day dedicated to activating ideas, goals and dreams. Paul Epstein.

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