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What MLB Pitcher Jon Lester and 4 Other Professional Athletes Teach Us About Overcoming Obstacles

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It wasn’t just any form of the disease, but a rare form of blood cancer known as anaplastic large-cell lymphoma. Hogan’s example was cited several times by a 20-year-old American track sensation, Wilma Rudolph, who captured the title of “the fastest woman on earth” at the 1960 Olympics. Fastest woman on earth.

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SUCCESS’ 2024 Women of Influence

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Claudienne Hibbert-Smith President, TRU Prep Academy/ TRU Real Estate Exchange Hibbert-Smith became a mom at the age of 14 and obtained her bachelor’s degree in 2001 from the University of Florida. Thomas offers vetted, executable solutions that are formed from real-life experiences.

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If You Think You’re Unbiased, You’re Wrong

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Among the initiatives that emerged from the exercise was a group formed to “[identify] and [support] sales and marketing strategies” that could be utilized to reach women- and minority-owned businesses. We need to stop thinking about diversity programs in the workplace as a form of affirmative action. Progress, however, has been slow.

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Is the U.S. Becoming Less Entrepreneurial?

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  Another example is a  recent Brooking study , which states "new firm formations have been on a persistent decline during the last few decades"   So what’s going on? But in many cases they use contractors, freelancers, outsourced services and other forms of contingent workers instead of traditional employees. 

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