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The Holidays Can Be Overwhelming—Remember These 3 Things to Stay Positive

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We love giving to others this time of year, but don’t forget the importance of gifting yourself with self-love. I could’ve spent that entire holiday in 2005 looking for earlier signs that things were unraveling with Citi or fretting about what 2006 held for Primerica and our sales force. Have mercy on yourself. You are one person.

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Life Is Not a Movie

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Roger Ebert’s cancer diagnosis Since about 2006, not that he was counting, Ebert had been unable to eat or speak. What I am grateful for is the gift of intelligence, and for life, love, wonder, and laughter. In 2011, at 69 years old and in curious health, Ebert was being heard, a lot, and it was neither a coincidence nor an act of God.

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A Valentine’s Gift to Make Your Day a Little Brighter

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And I don’t actually trust Canada’s cross-border reliability when it comes to mailing gifts. Instead, I found something I know is even more valuable to you than chocolate, and I know it’s a gift you’ll truly appreciate if you put it to good use. She loves the color blue, her kids, and ice skating.

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What Gift Are You Giving Yourself This Year?

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I see Christmas lights going up faster that lightning strikes, and people have started asking me, “Bought your kids any gifts yet?”. Other people are supposed to buy you gifts! I decided one day that I needed to give to myself first – and I made that a literal gift. I choose gifts I knew would improve my quality of life.

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How to Break Up with Your Business Partner

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By 2006 when we completed the buyout, he started another company that suited his interests and style, and Taylor Studios had grown into something that suited me more than it did him. During that time, I gradually took over ownership by buying out portions of the company, with him ceding his shares. Christina Daves.

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Black History Month Interview Series: Lacretia Adamski

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In 2006, an assistant professor I’d previously worked with was initially promoted to Executive VP before later becoming President. She is incredibly gifted at her craft, and I always enjoy working with her. Before that, I was a public administrator at the university.

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How to Understand People’s Personality Types

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I’m not somebody who’s particularly gifted in anything managerial,” Nardi says. “I Los Angeles-based author and researcher Dario Nardi, Ph.D., peers into the brain and maps ways to help explain what makes us tick. He came face-to-face with these realizations as his neuroscience research and training business began to grow.

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