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Countless factors go into making a superstar: Talent, tireless work ethic, unquenchable thirst, and a dusting of luck, to name a few. But what keeps them so successful? How do they stay sane? Perhaps more interestingly, what can we learn from their habits? Music industry veteran Nick Cooper, vocal coach to A-listers like Beyonce, Katy…
There are few moments in life that are as special or extraordinary as welcoming a child into your family. At Walmart, we celebrate thousands of these moments each year as our associates across the U.S. grow their families. Today, I’m excited to share that we’re expanding benefits under the Walmart medical plan to include coverage…
If you feel like you don’t have enough time to do everything you want to do, maybe it’s time to check-in with your time management skills. No one is born to be very good at time management, so that’s okay if you think you’re bad in it. But everyone can learn to boost their productivity…
Let’s go back to the very beginning of COVID-19, to March of 2020. Schools had just shut down, people were hoarding toilet paper and canned goods, and the world was in total chaos. As pandemic started to get worse, we realized that the quarantine would go on indefinitely. My memories from this time consist of…
Dr. Ali Ghahary is a respected family physician in Vancouver, British Columbia. Originally from Iran, he and his parents moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba, when he was just seven years old. Adapting to life in Canada came with its fair share of challenges, but Dr. Ghahary learned English quickly and began embracing the new culture and…
Don’t have time to read the entire post now? Watch this video with the summary. Dinesh, one of my clients, told me how he is struggling to define what he wants to do in the next 20 years or so before retiring. He has a successful career, manages a high performing team, and things are…
When it comes to generating ideas, nothing beats doing it as a group. You feed off each other’s energy and the ideas of others provides you with something to build and expand on. However, it is not always possible to generate ideas as a group, particularly now that so many of us are working remotely. And…
In a dating relationship, getting to know each other is key. Every date, text, call, and interaction has the potential for you both to discover more about each other’s inner worlds. The more you learn about each other, the more you can create shared meaning together and, even at the early stages, have rituals of…
One in ten children gets bullied every day.Hundreds of children don’t go to school because of their fear of being bullied.What does this say about us and our school culture?Children start complaining about bullying as early as elementary school, and if bullying is allowed to go unchecked, it can have lasting and detrimental effects on…
