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How summer camp became an American obsession

Vox Open Sourced

A boathouse at an old Boy Scouts of America camp in Milton, New York, in 2017. One of the things I talk about in my book is that camps were a place where children learned nostalgia, that camps taught them a version of the American past. John Carl D’Annibale/Albany Times Union via Getty Images Summer camp.

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The 7 Reasons We Fail

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But from each failure, we learn two equally valuable lessons: That there was at least one reason we failed, and that we can rebound from that failure. Do your best to learn everything you can about what happened and why. Some people live and learn, and some only live. You could also cut expenses. So, why do we fail?

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Choosing Administrative Training That’s Right for You

Office Dynamics

As 2016 comes to an end, I hope you are working on your goals for your 2017 development. The challenge may come when you realize there are a plethora of training programs, conferences, webinars and other learning events for administrative assistants and executive assistants. What are the learning objectives of the webinar?

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Dog Walking Company Wag Raises $300 Million

Small Business Labs

And one of things we've learned from following pet trends is betting against the pet market has not been a good idea. We've also learned there's demand for pet products and services that we felt were very, very unlikely to be successful ( expensive dog parties being one of many examples).   

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These 4 Small, Consistent Changes Helped Me Reach My Potential

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For example, on April 4, I wrote, “Having a car gives me a lot of mobility options that would otherwise be very expensive.”. It’s fantastic that you’re feeding your mind with articles like this and spending time learning how to reach your potential. This article was published in May 2017 and has been updated.

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Travel Blogger Karen Akpan Shares How She Journeyed From Debt to Economic Freedom

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Karen Akpan, known as @themomtrotter across social media, started her blog in 2017 to document and share budget travel hacks for people. With an expensive California mortgage, car payments and student loans, the emergency fund she and her husband, Sylvester, had dutifully built quickly depleted. Then, in 2019, she lost her job.

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10 Obstacles Every Startup Must Overcome to Be Successful

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Failure is so common, in fact, that many entrepreneurs have taken to penning failure post-mortems to determine where things went wrong, in the hopes that others will learn from their mistakes. If you want to avoid being made into sushi, you need to learn to thrive when facing direct or indirect competition.

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