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Saving Starbucks: What We Can Learn From Brian Niccol’s Vision to Refocus the Coffee Giant

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The strategy behind alleviating consumer guilt in a new age of consumerism In 2012, social critic and philosopher Slavoj Žižek argued that the Starbucks experience in the early 2000s mastered a crucial marketing strategy: alleviating consumer guilt. It didn’t work.

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Imposter Syndrome Cost Me Thousands of Dollars—Here’s How I Learned to Fight Back

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I still experience imposter syndrome from time to time, but my goal isn’t to erase my self-doubt—it’s just about learning how to act in spite of it, rather than letting it control me and my future. The post Imposter Syndrome Cost Me Thousands of Dollars—Here’s How I Learned to Fight Back appeared first on SUCCESS.

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Napoleon Hill’s 17 Principles of Personal Achievement

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Read on to learn more—and discover what it takes to be successful. No person is free until they learn to do their own thinking and gain the courage to act on their own. Success attracts more success —but so may failure , depending on how you use and learn from it. This article was published in October 2012 and has been updated.

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My 2012 Career and Business Plan

Eat Your Career

So, I’ve done a lot of analysis over the past few weeks (and a little soul searching as well), and I’ve created a plan for 2012 that I feel honors my true gifts and the areas of my work that really feed my soul. So, I’m making a very clear commitment in 2012 to maintain a 70/30 split. But there’s always room for growth.

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Free Coaching Call: August 2012

Eat Your Career

Lesson learned. The post Free Coaching Call: August 2012 appeared first on Eat Your Career. Anyway, if you missed it, be thankful that you can listen to the recorded version which I’ve carefully edited to remove the moments of silence and various other technology interruptions. Rest assured though. Share this on Facebook.

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Cynthia Breazeal Is Making AI Fun and Educational for Kids

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Unlike with previous generations, students today are learning early on how to collaborate with emerging technologies and artificial intelligence to shape the world they want to live in as adults. Breazeal later co-founded Jibo , a company that developed personal assistant robots in 2012.

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The Benefits of a Performance Culture (and How to Implement One)

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Foster says he learned a few things after the company’s first eight years of growth. A major lesson learned at Excel in the early days is the virtue of hard work. It’s a cliché to say you learn more from failures than anything else—I think you learn more from studying your successes.”.

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