Overcoming Negativity
The Mission Newsletter, 10/3/18
“If you set goals and go after them with all the determination you can muster, your gifts will take you places that will amaze you.” — Les Brown
Don’t Forget to Read these…
How Complaining Rewires Your Brain for Negativity
Repeated complaining rewires your brain to make future complaining more likely. Over time, you find it’s easier to be negative than to be positive, regardless of what’s happening around you. Complaining becomes your default behavior, which changes how people perceive you.
What It Takes to Train The Next Generation of Innovators
“How do we educate people for a future we can’t predict?”
What changes do we need to make to prepare for the coming transition? What skills do students and professionals need to practice today to build competency for future jobs? Sean highlights four pillars in particular that form the basis of his approach at GrowthX.
This is The Story of a young girl who escaped Nazi Germany, faced the death of her family members, and rebuilt her family’s crumbling business into an empire…
She was a refugee with no business experience who took a failing family business and turned it into a $5.5 billion company. Today, at 94 years old, she is still the Chairman of the Board at the company.
Her story is an inspiring reminder that being tough never goes out of style.
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Solution Architecture, Software Development and System Implementation
Episode 14 of IT Visionaries
In this episode, Ian sat down with Sudheer Sura at Dreamforce 2018 to discuss SaaS, solution architecture and software development. Sudheer is an IT Director at BMC Software and has been in the IT field for more than 20 years.
News that Matters
- A large clinical trial suggests that fish oil may be effective in helping prevent heart attacks and strokes in high-risk patients.
- Fortune magazine released its list of the Most Powerful Women. On the list are presidents, CEOs and other C-Suite powerhouses from companies such as Lockheed Martin, Starbucks, IBM, Google, Deloitte, Kohl’s, Walmart and more. 💪 👩💼
- What if we told you exhaustion came down to mind over matter? That’s the idea behind mindfulness and how it affects performance — specifically physical performance.
- Dunkin Donuts is getting rid of the donuts. Thankfully, though, just in the name. Beginning in January, the company will be known simply as “Dunkin,” and will be continuing its rebranding as a beverage-led company. 🍩 ☕️
- New York has implemented mandatory mental health education in all state public schools.
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