“Freedom is what you do with what’s been done to you.” ~Jean-Paul Sartre “So did you figure out what your shadow totem is?” This was the first thing out of my husband’s friend’s mouth as I sat down to dinner at a local downtown restaurant, across from my husband and a couple friends we were […]
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The physical umbilical cord is cut at birth. The emotional umbilical cord between mothers and daughters can never be severed. I will always be my mother’s daughter, though she now rests beside my adoring father. She is my daily reminder, in my head, of how to conduct myself. If I could wish upon a star,
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Summer reading lists aren’t just for schoolchildren. You might be looking for books to read on your lunch break, by the pool or just in the air conditioning. There are a variety of exciting titles coming out this summer for small-business leaders and entrepreneurs. Here are some of the most promising new releases: 1. Legal
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Q: My company is in disarray, and I’m feeling unsettled. How do I cancel the noise around me and carry on? A: Peace amid the storm is something many of us crave. Let me start by saying: The storms will never fully cease. The nature of being alive on planet Earth is that you will
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Lais Pontes’ career changed drastically after having her third child. As the founder and president of a Florida-based public relations and branding agency, she had spent her pre-kid days making the most of the fun parts of her job, even attending events well into the evening. But after her third child was born, she had
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Remez Sasson May 5, 2023 From Imagination to Reality – How to Turn Dreams into Reality Success Consciousness Your imagination is a great power. Using it correctly can change your life. It can help you realize your dreams. The human imagination is a powerful force that has the ability to shape our perceptions, our beliefs,
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“I can bear any pain as long as it has meaning.” ~Haruki Murakami I’ve always felt like someone on the outside. Despite having these feelings I’ve been relatively successful at playing the game of life, and have survived through school, university, and the workplace—although, at times, working so hard to ’survive’ has impacted my emotional
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Every day, I wake up and ask myself, “In a space of gratitude, what does this day look like?” This kind of focus is not easy, and it is not achieved without plenty of effort. For me, focus used to be task-oriented. I felt the need to be all things to all people. We’ve all
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Are you tired of the traditional retirement plan of working until you can’t? Enter FIRE, the “financial independence, retire early” movement! It’s like retirement, but significantly better. FIRE has been gaining traction in recent years as a personal finance philosophy. While FIRE may seem like a radical departure from traditional retirement planning, it actually offers
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Gone are the days when job applicants scrambled to update their privacy settings and delete compromising photos of party nights from their social accounts before a job interview. Now, some Generation Zers are using social media as a tool to differentiate themselves from other candidates, using platforms as an additional way to introduce themselves, their
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