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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 10-year-old brother loved hotels, and nothing made him as happy as relaxing on a big comfy bed and cranking up the TV. My dad has always enjoyed days spent swimming in the ocean, followed by hearty dinners at nice restaurants. 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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Movies typically follow a three-act structure: the set-up of our hero, the confrontation they face, then the resolution. Here’s how you can find success in changing it up now. In 2008, pregnant actress Jessica Alba was washing new baby clothes with a detergent her mother recommended and broke out in hives.

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Why Traveling the World Is the Best Investment in Yourself

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We read up on attractions, look for deals, and seek out free walking tours. 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. Immediate Dividends.

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Shaq Insists He’s Not a Celebrity

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Like a prince giving up his royal title, he says he’s renounced his celebrity status. A few hours before he arrived for our meeting, I witnessed people lining up to take photos with his shoes—each of which is roughly the size of an infant. She holds it up for him to consider. Celebrities are all crazy,” he says.

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

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His family’s yard in Jamaica had a large mango tree, so one day, he picked a few sweet, juicy mangoes, set up a table in the front yard, and tried to sell them to neighbors. “It I’ve seen everyone in my family do entrepreneurial things, whether it was reselling clothes they bought in the U.S., It catapulted me.” Time To Hustle.

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

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But the reason social media is so beneficial for Khaled is that, over time, the people who have heard his voice yelling over the beginning of some of their favorite records start to realize what all his co-collaborators and his business partners already know: None of what you’re seeing and hearing actually make up a contrived persona.

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Master the Sales Mindset to Land Your Biggest Clients

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Having tangible short-term goals that go out six months, as well as longer-range goals that can span up to a lifetime, are well and good. Ask yourself the results and benefits of your goals and you’ll learn a whole lot about what motivates you,” Meyer says. Upping Your Game and Your Solution. Discovering Your Motivation.

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