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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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Ellison and Darsy learned that the most challenging (and rewarding) parts of being liveaboards in a relationship had little to do with the logistics of sailing and a lot more to do with life, interpersonal dynamics and developing self-awareness in roughly 350 square feet of space. But it is tiring, exhausting and uncertain.

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Should People with Grit Ever Give Up?

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You’ve just encountered a major obstacle, and now completing the project will be a lot more expensive and take much longer than you initially planned on. Having grit doesn’t mean never giving up; it means not giving up on our long-term goals. We can think of our goals in a hierarchy, explains Angela Duckworth, Ph.D.,

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The 7 Reasons We Fail

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But from each failure, we learn two equally valuable lessons: That there was at least one reason we failed, and that we can rebound from that failure. People without conviction go along to get along because they lack confidence and courage. Most of us attain our goals only through repeated effort. You could also cut expenses.

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Offering Financial Literacy Benefit Programs Could Save Businesses $40 Billion

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Retirement planning workshops Retirement planning workshops can profoundly impact an employee’s financial confidence for the future, reducing uncertainty and anxiety related to post-retirement life. These should be offered regularly and methodically to reinforce learning and adaptation of financial behaviors.

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Unlearning Silence in the Workplace: How to Speak Up at Work

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You’re in a meeting—perhaps learning about a new company initiative or listening to a boss who wasn’t happy with your team’s performance—and you have something to say, but then you just… don’t. She asks people to examine the costs of staying silent: “We unlearn being silent by recognizing and wrestling with the silence we’ve learned.

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Want to Retain Your Team? Offer Financial Well-being Programs

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Some examples of being financially fit include knowing your financial goals, working to meet them, maintaining your lifestyle, managing debt well, and so forth. It can be jolting to start a new job, only to learn that you’re going to have to pay for COBRA to bridge a healthcare gap for 30 to 90 days.

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Work-Life Balance Doesn’t Exist—Make Time to Follow Your Passion with Seasons of Focus

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Whether you are still in college like Addy, taking care of children or maintaining a day job to pay the bills, read on to learn how to focus your energy, gain momentum and find time to pursue your passion. 1 focus—even if it comes at the expense of other projects in your life. This is a dilemma nearly all entrepreneurs face.

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