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Goal Setting for Kids: Empowering Future Achievers to Reach Limitless Goals

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Adults achieve greater success by learning how to set goals. In fact, a study conducted by psychology professor Dr. Gail Matthews found that people who simply wrote down their goals “accomplished significantly more” than those who did not. And setting and writing down goals is becoming more commonplace.

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Is It Really Possible to Achieve Work-life Balance?

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Some would say, “I was a good boss, a good mentor or a reliable part of the team.” Work-life balance is a continual practice rather than a goal you reach. S+ : For those who might be feeling overwhelmed (such as new parents) is there a better goal to strive for than work-life balance during this particularly challenging time?

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This High School is Doing Whatever it Takes to Mentor First-Generation Students

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In Homer’s ancient story The Odyssey , the goddess Athena, disguised as old man Mentor, reveals to the hero’s son the right path to take. Skip forward several millennia and across the Atlantic to an urban high school preparing teens for life after graduation, and the image of mentor-as-lone-sage doesn’t quite paint the picture.

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A Perfect Blend: A Different Approach to Achieving Work-Life Harmony

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Both employees and employers often tout this as the ultimate goal of the corporate world. Every conversation that you have with a mentor or with a performance review or a managerseek out where you want to be, she adds. Evaluate new opportunities based on how well they align with your strengths and long-term goals.

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Chance the Rapper on Achieving Goals as an Independent Artist & Paying It Forward

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I learned how to use Pro Tools, how to record myself and how to EQ [equalize] my vocals a little bit from Simeon Viltz and another mentor who passed away, Brother Mike Hawkins,” he says. The goal of becoming a millionaire wasn’t on Chance’s list, but it happened anyway. “That was a really, really big part of me gaining my fanbase….

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How to Identify Areas for Personal Development in 6 Steps

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Find a mentor Being able to turn to a strong mentor is indispensable. There are all kinds of ways to set up formal mentoring connections, but you don’t necessarily need to do that. They are thoughtful and deliberate—they’re not sitting here on Friday at 4 o’clock saying, ‘I’m going to now mentor you to the next level.’”

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Building a Distributed Team in the Future of Work

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I start with cost only because I can hear one of my mentors in my head say, “Tristan, be sure to lead with revenue.”. If a job description doesn’t clearly outline the daily, weekly and long-term goals—plus how those roll into larger organizational goals—both parties will leave frustrated. Photos by Shutterstock.