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Perform at Your Peak Level with These 5 Mind-Sharpening Tips

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Start by recognizing self-defeating and sabotaging thought patterns and replacing these patterns with powerful and confident thoughts that support your goals and objectives. This article was published in October 2014 and has been updated. Just as athletes optimize their bodies, entrepreneurs should optimize their minds.

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10 Easy Ways to Start Something Great

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Don’t worry if you don’t know the goals and specifics yet. This article was published in June 2014 and has been updated. If you are interested in starting a business or expanding a non-profit, find someone who has done it and ask if you can join them for a day to better understand what their work is like. What will the impact be?

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Rocking the Boat: 4 Traits of Wave Makers

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Wave Makers place more importance on reaching their goal and its impact than on personal recognition. They create momentum around an idea that reaches far beyond the self, all with the goal to make work, their community or the world better. Wave Makers don’t give up on their goals—instead, they remain flexible on how to accomplish it.

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3 Brainstorming Techniques to Fuel Your Next Idea

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Like brainstorming, has the goal of generating lots of ideas in a short time. McCaffrey has explained the brainswarming process this way: Write the goal at the top of the diagram and a few known resources at the bottom. This article was published in September 2014 and has been updated. Brainwriting.

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The Science of Self-Reflection: How Looking Inward Can Affect Every Area of Your Life

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It’s the act of looking inward with the goal of understanding who you are , how you feel and where you want to be. Simply understanding, however, isn’t the end goal of self-reflection. Meanwhile, a 2014 review of 47 past studies found that meditation’s stress-reducing effects aren’t just our collective imagination.

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8 Ways to Expand Your Network Today

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It’s time to go beyond the familiar to expand your network and knowledge and meet more contacts who could help get you that much closer to your goals. This article was published in July 2014 and has been updated. Michael Seiman, CPXi. Photo by Syda Productions/Shutterstock.

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What Is Venture Capital Funding? Everything You Need to Know

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Liza Rodewald and Erica McMannes met in 2014 as freshly uprooted Army spouses. Venture capital funding depends on your goals While there are many different factors to consider about external funding, it ultimately boils down to long-term business goals and operational strategy. “As

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