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The Power of a Conversation and Taking on Big Goals

Stephanie LH Calahan

They decided to leave their home in the Caribbean and travel (via car) around North America. Their goal is to meet as many of the people Engel interviewed on his podcast as possible. Considering he has interviewed over 1,000 people, that is a significant goal. We did another interview that you can see below.

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The Rise of Ecommerce Nomads

Small Business Labs

The Verge's Road-Tripping With Amazon Nomads looks at people who travel across the country looking for merchandise they can sell for a profit on Amazon. Key article quote defining Amazon Nomads: " merchants who travel the backroads of America searching clearance aisles and dying chains for goods to sell on Amazon. Louis area. 

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When Nature Calls, Boston Harbor Now CEO Kathy Abbott Answers

Success

A line under her yearbook photo underscored her life goal: to “save a tree.” So I hadn’t really traveled much at all,” she explains. “I Even though Abbott loved traveling , she felt the urge to return working with the environment. When she interviewed for positions, her interviewers asked why she resigned.

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Chaya Milchtein Empowers Women by Educating Them About Cars

Success

The woman helped her get a job interview at Sears, and during the interview, they asked Milchtein, “What department do you want to work in?” I talk about cars, but I also talk about travel, I talk about being fat, I talk about life and love and everything in between because that’s who I am.

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So You Want to Take a Break from Your Career—Here’s What You Need to Consider

Success

In the absence of travel, daily commutes and the culture of busyness, many employees were finally able to fully engage in self-reflection to determine if their job, company and path truly aligned with their overall interests. Do you want to travel more, or finally make good on your literary aspirations? You better network.

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How Ice Cream Gave Hap Cameron Purpose & Inspired Him to Open Happy Cones

Success

When Hap Cameron turned 30 on 11/11/11, he had just summited Mount Kilimanjaro and was watching the sun rise from Uhuru Peak, Africa’s highest point—a poignant feat that was the symbolic cherry on top of a layered life goal of working and living on every continent by the time he was 30. I was living with my parents in their spare room.

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When Was the Last Time You Invested in Your Career?

On The Job

Just because you can't travel or meet with a lot of people right now does not mean it's OK to stop investing in your career. Set a career goal. Most career goals went out the window when the pandemic started, but now it's time to reassess. Are you on track to make that goal happen? Are past goals still realistic?

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