Sometimes in life the best choice you can make is to go away. If I had to look back at every major shift in my own life, I can attribute it to a change in environment. It’s easy to be lured by a life filled with comfort, predictable outcomes, and security. When I look back […]
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We all know that travel enriches everything: exposure to new places, people, and cultures forces us to adapt and think more broadly about who we are and our place in the world. One thing is certain: it’s rare that taking a trip – even a day trip – isn’t worth it. Not all travel is
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Shadi Yousefian was born in Tehran, Iran in 1978 and moved to the United States when she was sixteen. At a time when she lacked the language skills in English to express herself, she felt drawn to art to express her longing, her vision, and her experiences. She received both her Bachelor’s (2003) and Master’s
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When I was young I used to get these really big collector cups from places like McDonalds and Taco Bell with photos from the latest blockbuster movie. I always kept one of them and made it a habit to throw my spare change in the cup any time I came back from the store. I
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Each and every one of us has money story. The story is about our relationship with the concept of money. Our desire is for that story to have a happy ending. The story however, is often complicated. If we have enough the relationship is good, but we could always have more. If it’s a bad relationship there
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Want to know if you have a badass brand? Take this short quiz: Do you magnetically attract ideal clients? Can you charge a premium price (in other words, more than your competitors) and still win the business? Being able to charge a premium price for your services is the cornerstone for having a badass brand
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Nothing triggers us quite like money. In my Game Plan goal workshops, I encourage people to set goals around money as a matter of practicality as well as personal development. Good goals are measurable and specific, so the mathematic precision of money goals makes them much easier to measure and quantify. On the flipside, money always