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What I Learned the Year We (Nearly) Skipped Christmas

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My suitcase was packed, my traveling clothes all laid out. My dad has always enjoyed days spent swimming in the ocean, followed by hearty dinners at nice restaurants. My mom tried to help by encouraging me to like stuff that other girls my age liked: clothes, boy bands, teen magazines. My mom shook me awake in the dark.

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

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In 2008, pregnant actress Jessica Alba was washing new baby clothes with a detergent her mother recommended and broke out in hives. Further spurred by her own history of severe childhood asthma and allergies, and after learning many baby products contain harmful chemicals, she decided to build a clean and natural products brand.

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Why Traveling the World Is the Best Investment in Yourself

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I’ve learned something different every day—sometimes every hour, and sometimes even more frequently than that. There are experiences and lessons you learn on the road that can be directly applied to business and investment. There are experiences and lessons you learn on the road that can be directly applied to business and investment.

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Donald Kelly—The Sales Evangelist—Is Out to Create a Community of World-Class Sellers

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I’ve seen everyone in my family do entrepreneurial things, whether it was reselling clothes they bought in the U.S., selling peanuts, or having a little restaurant,” he says. But great salespeople know it’s part of the game, and over time, they learn to not take no personally. You did what you needed to do to survive.

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Best of the Best: How to Create a Personal Brand Like DJ Khaled

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They sold clothes out of the trunk of their car. High-end clothes are usually sold in high-end settings, not folding tables placed on concrete. You’re going to see restaurants, clothing, new products and more music.”. Palestinian immigrants, his parents were tailors and garment sellers. Podcasts. “I Khaled is 45.

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Shaq Insists He’s Not a Celebrity

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Nearly every commercial is just Shaq being, well, himself: Shaq installing a security system, Shaq dancing to the Gold Bond theme song, Shaq standing in a cruise ship pool with his clothes on. When he eats at restaurants, he leaves famously humongous tips. He thinks of each mistake as a learning opportunity. This stuff.”.

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How My Experience as a Black Entrepreneur Shaped My Views on Building Financial Freedom

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Unfortunately, the entire experience was spoiled by an incident at a popular breakfast restaurant. After visiting a specialist, taking medication and undergoing hours of electrostimulation, I learned it was all stress-related. It was a short trip, and I was looking forward to visiting the “Live Entertainment Capital of The World.”

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