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Happy New Year’s, everyone! I wish you much prosperity and love in 2018.
As you may have seen me tweet last week, my New Year’s Resolution is to write more. I truly love…
If not now, when? There will be critics for every decision you make. So, if you believe in something, go for it. Don’t get bogged down…
The last few years I have experimented in building a business. I recently closed it…
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I’ve been bootstrapping for years.
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People are always asking my how I do it. I operate a successful strategy consulting firm, run a 2:30 marathon, and sit on the boards of a dozen charitable foundation s— all while increasing my net worth by $3 million last year. This kind of grueling life isn’t for everyone, but I love…
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The Jewish Economic Forum has established a selection process for identifying and selecting the most exceptional young Jewish…
The Chicago Botanic Garden is large garden and tourist attraction that opened to the public in 1972. (It’s a…
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“The only thing that will redeem mankind is…
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Why Cardi B is winning the game, and how you can too.
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2017 was really the first full year where I felt like I had my shit together.
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Monday morning, 10am,Brussels Airport.
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Benjamin, what a great read! These are profound thoughts. “When you make a true decision, and then live your life from that decision, it will happen”.
This is also great information that you shared, “For instance, when I started blogging in April of 2015, I bought a $197 online course. I didn’t spend thousands and thousands…
As part of my submission to the RSA Citizen’s Economy Challenge ‘Making today’s economy work for tomorrow’ and earlier work funded by the Paul Hamlyn…
Whirling something close to your temperament into something that varies to your money may not be as hard as you think.
Commitment
I was recently faced with a challenge, climb Koko Crater on the island of Oahu in Hawaii.
Dibangun di atas lahan sebesar 2.200 hektar, lingkungan hunian yang sedang hangat jadi perbincangan ini digadang-gadang sebagai ‘the next Jakarta’. Namun sebenarnya, apa sih Meikarta itu? Kenapa bisa terkenal banget…
I’ve been quietly meeting with new biz professionals over the past few months. Last week, one of the most experienced professionals I’ve met with, told me I was being too honest.
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Very interesting!
The term culture was first coined by Cicero during the height of the Roman Republic. In his “Liber Secundus” of the “Tusculanae Disputationes”, he writes:
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So here you go again. It’s 2018 and you’ve promised yourself this is the year that you…
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The Magic of Boldness
Welcome to Stand-To and Happy New Year!
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Guys please take this gold rush serious
Today few of our friends met and talking whats happening with us and one the startup founder who has good number of employees and his company is few years old by now told us that he faced a ‘Baba…
Tom, great pic of you and your family! Also, these are great thoughts of yours,
“Success ultimately means growth. We need to sacrifice the previous version of ourselves to grow. This is a process that must be repeated over and over again until we die — and it’s a process that honestly sucks”.
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Je pensais que je deviendrai écrivaine.
Je pensais que j’écrirai toute la journée et que je ne ferai rien d’autre.
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This is an amazing post 💯 I could tell from the start that you are in your 20’s.
The good news is that you have a lot to look forward to!
20’s = “Wow, I have so much work to do”
30’s = “Wow, I have so much work that I need to assign to others to do”
The size of the company is less relevant than the humility of its leadership. If and when the leaders are humble enough and put in the ground work, it will be possible. That’s a big if, but the possibility is there.
I do, however, agree it is much more difficult for a large company to pivot than a more agile smaller one.
To pursue a purpose a person should be aware of proper guidance to pursue through it. Not knowing a proper way one can lost,for success maturity counts a lot ,I called and Link with the people who are my mentor and provide…
Hi, I’m Adam, I’m a 14 year old documenting my journey to becoming an entrepreneur. So what do I do? Well I’m a graphic designer and if you want to go further I’m a logo designer and I sometimes do a bit of social media design.
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Thomas Oppong This is true that you can improve your life starting as early as today. If you have an idea that you think can change the world start thinking about how you can make it a reality. Start small and work your way up by building a foundation.
I’m sitting here at home on a rainy Sunday, husband just left on a business trip, and puppy is quietly asleep (in her crate at that!) enjoying the peace, with coffee in hand with a bit of renewed inspiration after my first official week of the…
So today let’s talk about Goodness!
People say that world is full of evil. My question to those people is — Do you even remember the time of Lord Rama or Prophet Mohammed or Jesus or Guru Nanak? That was the era of evilness, rakshas, demons and…
Malamine Ouedraogo is a name that Burkina Faso takes pride in. While most corporate big shots emerge from the developed countries, this man has gone on to show that there is potential in the seemingly underdeveloped countries. Malamine…
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First off, I just want to say how important I believe self reflection is. Without it I would never learn from my mistakes. I would never see situations from a different perspective. I…
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