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Winners of the Unstuck Contest

CO2

As a real estate sales person, poverty and divorce was not enough to motivate me to go out and sell houses. Strategies we used relate to people’s ability to cultivate tone that inspires progress: Run from anxious reactions, since stress literally shrinks the human brain. Fourth Place: Subliminal motivation tapes. 38 # Votes.

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What Work Looks Like for Women in Their 50s

Harvard Business Review

A few years later, she joined a start-up called BioAmber, producing chemical intermediates using sugars instead of fossil fuels. After the stress of the mid-life years, the data shows that happiness levels rise in the early 50s. It was a meaningful shift, allowing her to push for more sustainable alternatives to petrochemicals.

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