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Building a Career as a Motivational Speaker with Christian J. Hadjipateras

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He has also been featured in Authority Magazine, contributed to HuffingtonPost.com, and has an active blog on Medium.com. Christian and his wife Stephanie split their time between Athens and London [link]. Becoming a motivational speaker had been a long-term vision of mine, but it took time to materialize for a number of reasons.

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Corali Lopez-Castro of Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton: “Retail has been in a tailspin for some time”

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“Retail has been in a tailspin for some time. In 2006, Cori was elected the second woman president of the Cuban American Bar Association, the largest voluntary bar association in Florida. When I attended Brown University in 1984, I took an engineering class. Retail has been in a tailspin for some time.

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Top 5 HR trends for 2012

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These resolutions are traditionally based on what is valued in someone’s society and community at that time. Practitioners need to take their time to make sure the events they attend are the right ones. Regionalized events are becoming more popular so people aren’t taking as much time away from work and family.

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Lauren Kennedy of Coastal Consulting: “Compassion fatigue exists in all industries facing emotional and physical burnout”

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As part of our series about the “ Five Things You Need To Be A Highly Effective Leader During Turbulent Times ”, we had the pleasure of interviewing Lauren Kennedy. Thank you so much for your time! So, it was time to rethink my future again. The real lesson here was how my boss at the time, MaryAbigail Dills, handled it.

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Luis and Kristen Chevere: “Trust”

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When Luis was a senior in high school he started working part time at a salon as part of a work program through his school. In 2006 she attended cosmetology school. I started out as a child actress then went into music management and found my love of doing hair color in that time frame.

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Rising Star Freddy Giorlando: Why We Need The #BeLoveGiveLove Movement Now

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After high school around 2006, I came to the realization that college wasn’t for me and I soon dropped out after one term. I was now working with my father and his trucking company delivering refrigerators throughout the week just to make ends meet, but, for the first time in my life I wasn’t fully happy. Stay focused. Stay present.

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Ashley Loeb Blassingame of Lionrock: “Find someone who is in recovery who you can talk to about what is going on”

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My gun fired by the time I was five years old. By the time I found heroin at 15 years old, I was just hoping to quiet the pain and rage that kept bubbling to the surface. The last time I used heroin, I ended up going to the hospital within 36 hours of using. This time I had infected the veins in both arms. I’m so tired.”.