At a pathetic press conference on Friday to announce the signing of defenseman Mitchell Miller, who as a teenager had been convicted of assault as a juvenile for a history of racist bullying of a classmate, Boston Bruins GM Don Sweeneys heart didnt seem in it. Sweeney said, I cant categorically tell you this was the right decision, which is the sort of thing people say after they make the wrong decision and they know it. Sweeney noted that he had personally picked up Miller at the airport before signing his contract, but that if anything goes sideways, he would be the one driving Miller back. I suspect its a pretty quiet drive to Logan this morning.

Sunday evening, after two days under fire, the Bruins announced they are dropping Miller like the other shoe. The statement, attributed to team president Cam Neely, is being and will continue to be picked apart, but heres what seems like the crucial bit:

The decision to sign this young man was made after careful consideration of the facts as we were aware of them: that at 14-years-old he made a poor decision that led to a juvenile conviction. We understood this to be an isolated incident and that he had taken meaningful action to reform and was committed to ongoing personal development. Based on that understanding we offered him a contract.

Based on new information, we believe it is the best decision at this time to rescind the opportunity for Mitchell Miller to represent the Boston Bruins.

At least some of the new information was not very new at all. Millers bullying was not an isolated incident, as the team claimed it believed, but part of an ongoing tormenting of Isaiah Meyer-Crothers, a developmentally disabled black student. The conviction was for beating Meyer-Crothers and getting him to eat a lollipop that had been placed in a urinal and peed on, according to the police report, but Meyer-Crotherss family said Miller had bullied him for years with racial slurs. All of this was known; it came out soon after Miller was drafted by the Coyotes in 2020; Arizona released him soon after. The Bruins due diligence apparently did not extend to using Google.

The Bruins also referred to their belief that Mitchell had taken meaningful action to reform himself. Where might they have gotten that idea? I dont know for certain, but on Sunday Millers agent, Eustace King of O2K, put out a statement touting all the volunteer work Miller had done to improve himself and prove that he is a changed person. The statement was, to put it plainly, a disaster.

One of the organizations mentioned is owned by an O2K executive, and focus[es] on player development and mentorship for O2K athletes.

Another organization was one Miller spent time with only as part of his court-ordered volunteer work.

A third, which King claimed Miller had met with and committed to working with, put out its own statement saying that it had only been approached to consider working with Miller, but that it had not done so.

The executive director of a fourth nonprofit cited in the agents statement said that it had invited Miller to work with it, but he had not actually responded, let alone volunteered. But our names were good enough for the press release, she noted.

The agents statement closed by saying, We believe in restorative justice. Commendable. Restorative justice is a method that seeks to address and repair the harm committed, rather than merely punish the offender. The fundamental goal of restorative justice is to organize a meeting between the offender and the victim, and focus on the victims needs. But whatever Millers intentions, its impossible to call his actions compatible with restorative justice: Until a week and a half ago, he had not apologized to Meyer-Crothers outside of a courtroom. And even that was Miller reaching out over social mediaits not clear if Meyer-Crothers respondedand only because the Bruins had made clear that a direct apology was required before they would sign him.

The apology we got was because Boston said wed sign him if he apologized, Meyer-Crotherss father told The Athletic. Thats dead and shallow. That means nothing.

If Millers journey toward self-improvement sounds like it has consisted of the bare minimum, perhaps the Bruins could have weathered that. Perhaps their Friday afternoon news dump would have served its purpose and the outrage would have burned itself out (I dont think so, but perhaps!), if not for two developments over the weekend. The first was a number of Bruins veterans publicly expressing their disappointment with Millers signing. Its a hard one for us to swallow, Nick Foligno said. I dont think any guy was too happy.

The second development waslike so much else heresomething the Bruins probably should have looked into beforehand. Commissioner Gary Bettman said on Saturday that Miller is not currently eligible to play in the NHL. Before the Bruins made the decision to sign him, we were not consulted, Bettman said.

Hes not coming into the NHL, Bettman continued. Hes not eligible at this point to come into the NHL. I cant tell you that hell ever be eligible to come into the NHL. If, in fact, at some point they think they want him to play in the NHLand Im not sure theyre anywhere close to that pointwere going to have to clear him and his eligibility. Nobody should think at this point he is or may ever be NHL-eligible.

So this is where things stand. Miller remains in juniors, and is no closer to the NHLperhaps further away, as everyone has learned that he hasnt made much effort to show hes matured and grown since the last time he was drummed out of the league two years ago. And the Bruins have an enormous black eye, incurring the well-deserved wrath of the hockey world for believing talent should triumph over all other considerations, and offering a bunch of weasel words and outright lies to justify it. They signed Miller without questioning too deeply whether they should, or even couldnot even cutting him can change that fact.

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Heres what my simple research found about the beauty market in the U.S. Hair salons generate about $46 billion per year in sales. The nail care market is estimated to have yearly sales of over $10 billion. In 2021, the apparel market made revenue of $312 billion. Total revenue for the footwear market was over $91 billion back in 2019 (led by athletic shoe purchases). $1.65 billion was spent by consumers getting inked with a tattoo in 2021. Right around $58 billion was spent on jewelry in 2021. Cosmetic sales generate just over $49 billion each year.

Who cares? Well, pretty much all of us. Add it all up (over $567 billion) and the average American is spending over $1,700 per year on outer beauty.

I get it. After spending decades in what I always called the appearance industry (dry cleaning), Im a big believer in the statements If you look good, you feel good and You never get a second chance to make a first impression. We can secure an awful lot of confidence when we feel good about the way we look.

Strangely, I had a hard time finding statistics related to You becoming a better you as I searched for data related to how much each of us spends yearly on inner beauty. I found a few indications including how the U.S. self-help industry generated a little less than $10 billion in 2020; that was a year we were all looking for well-being answers due to the impact of COVID on our lives.

The pandemic didnt have near the impact on our outer beauty like it had on our mental health, which is a large part of our inner beauty. Hospitals, nonprofits, government agencies and more all quickly realized that the biggest impact the pandemic was on our state-of-mind and that we needed help dealing with how we were all processing this massive amount of change being tossed at us for the first time in our lives. And theyve responded as best they can with compassionate responses and programs.

But we had never been exposed to classes nor teaching that focused on how to process the things we internalize, let alone if its something that is all-consuming. Dang! We just didnt see it coming. So what can each of us do?

Funny, isnt it? When you read an obituary, its rare to see a person's outer beauty even mentioned. Nearly all of whats written focuses on the person's inner beauty. Its the inner beauty that provides the very best memories for each of us that knew that person, especially someone weve loved as a family member or close friend. Its a person's inner beauty that we carry with us the rest of our lives. Their outer beauty has no significance for us moving forward.

Its the same if you read biographies, especially of people who significantly contributed to history. You read about their utilization of courage, character, compassion, selflessness, determination, kindness or an unwillingness to compromise personal beliefs. These were all part of their inner beauty and provide evidence to whats really most important in life.

Ive always been attracted to interviews of couples that have been married 50 years or more. When they gaze at each other and talk about how beautiful their spouse is, the outer beauty is being described by the memories that the inner beauty created through the years. Their spouse may have many wrinkles in their face, and they may have gained weight through the years, but that gaze alone speaks from the heart of the role inner beauty has played in their marriage and why they continue to be so very much in love. As the outer beauty faded and changed through the years, it allowed the inner beauty to be reflected on the surface. Its one of the gifts aging can offer when paired with the right perspective.

I understand the role outer beauty plays with procreation. Sure, in the animal world, theres that survival of the fittest mentality.And, lets face it, reality TV would never have survived without its heaviest emphasis being outer beauty of all those involved. But it appears that the only time brawn outdoes brain is during the initial courting process for both humans and animals. After any kind of post-courting agreement, inner beauty is totally in charge of the things that really matter in life: courage, character, compassion, selflessness, determination, kindness and an unwillingness to compromise personal beliefs. So how do we nurture, expand and grow our inner beauty if its so important to experiencing the deep love and devotion shared by people who have been married 50 years or more?

When was the last time you read a book or even an article on some form of self-improvement? When have you taken a class related to a passion you have that deepened your appreciation and knowledge on that particular subject? What have you done to increase the level of character that defines your life? Has your level of kindness, compassion for others and selflessness all increased over the past year? Are you mentoring anyone? Is anyone mentoring you? Have you devoted time to discovering the role leadership could play in your life? How would you rate your parenting skills? Friendship skills? Your willingness to constantly improve? Your willingness to help other people? Your willingness to put other peoples needs ahead of your own, even if you dont know them? When was the last time you volunteered? All these questions offer opportunity to increase your inner beauty. Remember, inner beauty is what matters most in life.

Still questioning? Ask any couple thats been married 50 years or more about outer beauty vs. inner beauty and listen closely and carefully to their response and pay extra attention to the smile on their face. You can increase your own inner beauty by listening to theirs.

Im fine with what we all spend on outer beauty each year. Im concerned about most people lacking any budget whatsoever for inner beauty. So Im asking for you to right now evaluate how much time and money youre willing to spend on inner beauty over the next year. Im asking you to acknowledge that inner beauty is the quickest path to experiencing deep relational love, to strong character development and to surrounding yourself with people who care about you and your life. Inner beauty is the foundation of your own personal biography which is the only thing you can leave behind that has lasting value once you leave this earth.

Stop everything else and do that inner beauty self-evaluation right now. Youll be amply rewarded just for trying. Cmon! Remember I believe in you! Start sharing all that inner beauty you have and let it shine like its meant to! GiddyUp!

Paul White is an entrepreneur, retired Midland businessman and a guest columnist for the Midland Daily News. He can be reached at coach@theanswerdiscovery.com.

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Gone are the days when people wanted to keep their thoughts and opinions to themselves. Gen Z is all about talking and sharing what they truly believe in! And podcasting is emerging as one of the ways to put yourself out there fiercely. Even stats suggest the same. Podcasting is a quick and effective way to voice your authentic self today. With 57.6 million monthly listeners, India is the third largest consumer of podcasts (after the United States and China), according to PwC's Global Entertainment & Media Outlook 2020 study, and is expected to reach 17.61 million by 2023.

With the number of podcast content creators on the rise, what often keeps most beginners from starting their journey is ideating and creating content that can keep their audiences engaged. The actual trick lies in not just following others, but truly believing in your own idea you want, to talk about. More on this later!

Lets first understand whats been happening in the podcast scene so far:

The BIG pictureFun fact: Podcasts have been around for nearly two decades, but it is only in the last six years that this online format has evolved immensely. According to KPMG's Media and Entertainment Report 2020, India's podcast consumption increased by 29.3 percent in the first year of the pandemic. It has since seen a steep rise with no signs of it fading soon. What has led to this boom? This has been particularly aided by several factors like the profusion of shows, celebrity involvement, investment from large companies such as Spotify, and the advent of new technologies. Whats also contributed to this growth is the deep connection younger generations now have with their hosts. They are increasingly turning to podcasts for entertainment, infotainment, self-improvement, and awareness.

Now, if you see yourself kickstarting a podcast and wondering how to go about it, heres how you can take the first few steps:

The best way to make headway is by cracking the topics that interest you or diving into your hobbies or passions. These make for the best podcasts. It could range from crime, sports, beauty, travel, mental health, and wellness to cars, gadgets, and finance. The list can go on... Something important to remember here is no matter the topic you choose; its the passion and enthusiasm radiating from the host that goes a long way into making a great podcast. Once you have your area of interest and topic figured out, the rest of the stuff needed to get on this journey, like uploading, recording, editing and publishing episodes, will literally take care of itself.

Starting your podcast in an hourDid you know you can start your own podcast in just an hour? Yes, starting your own podcast is no longer a tedious long-lost process with the free podcasting platform - Anchor by Spotify. It is, in fact, proving to be the easiest way to create, distribute, and monetise your show for many like you who are struggling to begin their podcasting journey.

Its built-in recording tools help you record your audio and/or video, arrange your segments, add transitions, and sync them across all devices and you're all set to host unlimited episodes for free! You can add full tracks from Spotify to combine music and conversation in your audio and podcast with multiple people as well.

An essential aspect of podcasting is knowing your audience well, an area that feels tricky for many aspirants who dont take the leap without assistance. Anchor by Spotify helps you improve your content using Analytics from all platforms and exclusive insights like episode dropoff and listener demographics. These engagement insights help you get unique insights about your listeners. For instance, you will be able to see where the listeners are dropping off, so you can plan your podcast around the content that performs best.

The platform also gives you the option of unlocking sponsorships through feature audio ads that you can choose to place anywhere in your podcast so that you can earn money on your content. At the same time, it helps your creation reach a wider audience quickly and easily with the one-step distribution.

With unlimited hosting using convenient creation tools, streamlined distribution, performance & analytics support and the power to monetise, now even you can Dil Khol Ke Bolo. Amplify your authentic voice and speak about the things that you truly feel about with your own podcast.

Download Anchor by Spotify on Google Play Store and Apple Store App and record your first podcast today.

Disclaimer: The article has been produced on behalf of Spotify by the Times Internet's Spotlight team.

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Between winding down her run as GENERAL HOSPITALs Britt and working on the ABC primetime drama STATION 19, Daytime Emmy winner Kelly Thiebaud has had a packed schedule lately. But despite her hectic professional life, the GH star has been sure to take some time to focus on self-care recently.

One thing that Thiebaud has done to change her life is to give up alcohol. Its been two weeks since Ive had a drink, she confessed on Twitter in late October. Not a big deal for most, Im sure, but for me it is. Im interested in what lifes like without alcohol. Im doing Halloween sober for the first time in I dont even know how long! Lets see how much fun sober Kelly can be. Or, how much I can tolerate.

In a subsequent post, Thiebaud shared that she never expected the outpouring of support shed received from her followers when she made her sober post. Youve given me more focus and motivation to keep going, she admitted.

Now a few weeks into her sober journey, Thiebaud cant believe how great she feels. In an inspiring Instagram post, the actress shared a video of her dancing in an open field to the song Moments by Kidnap and shared that shes made several other changes in her life as she focuses on herself.

I never know what to say here, but I just wanted to share how good I feel, she wrote in the caption accompanying her dance. Im going through some much-needed changes and damn, I love how I feel. Its nice to finally see myself put in the work to be better, to go after what I want.

This new version of herself is a long time coming, she added. Ive been stuck for a long time, she divulged. Doing life the same way but wanting something different.

And for her followers out there who feel that they are in a similar situation, Thiebaud offered some advice: If youve been like me, really wanting more from yourself and life, it just takes one step in another direction. One change. Do it every day and be committed to experiencing yourself and life in a new way. Sending you all love.

We love how carefree Thiebaud looks in her video and wish her well on her journey of self-improvement!

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Excellent touch and control. Works hard in sessions. Rating: 5The engine of the team. Can turn a game instantly. Rating: 5A good communicator, finds space well and has good awareness: Rating 4 Has performed in different positions, always to a high standard of play. Rating: 5Very quick, covers a tremendous amount of ground during a game. Rating: 5A natural leader, leads by good example, great athlete and oozes confidence

The report was filled out by Pete Collins, a Leeds United academy coach, in December 1998. And if you didnt know which player he was evaluating, you could probably guess.

James Milner was 12 at the time, but he was already ticking every box: the excellent touch, the work ethic, the fitness, the driving force, the communication, the awareness, the versatility and the attitude that would see him fast-tracked to make his Premier League debut within four years.

Another coach at Leeds identified just one weakness. Daral Pugh lauded Milners tremendous ability, but said the youngster still needs to have more faith in team-mates in that he will get the ball back if he passes. If he adds this to his game, James has a tremendous future.

Collins and Pugh could not be reached to discuss how well their observations have stood the test of time, but John Buckley, who coached him at under-14 level, smiles upon hearing his assessment of Milner in May 2000: possesses real quality, touch and technique excellent, strong and determined character and good athlete who works hard even on an off day.

If you really break it down like that, there was nothing he couldnt do, Buckley, who is now an academy coach at League Two Doncaster Rovers, says. It was as if he was destined to be a player. He never did anything wrong. He was like a sponge, the way he soaked everything in.

Buckleys constant message to Milner was about mixing his game up, surprising his opponents by trusting his left foot as well as his right.The individualist streak that Pugh mentioned wascurbed to the extent that the young Milner matured into the ultimate team player.

Jurgen Klopp says he was blessed to inherit Milner at Liverpool. Manuel Pellegrini, his coach at Manchester City, once remarked that there are players who are quicker or more technically gifted, but added, Show me another who does all the things that Milner does well. There isnt one. Its very difficult to find another Milner an intelligent player with big balls and a massive heart.

It is 20 years today since Milner made his Premier League debut against West Ham United. On Sunday, all being well after a blow to the head in Liverpools Champions League victory over Napoli last week, he will make his 600th top-flight appearance against Southampton at Anfield.

He stands fourth in the Premier Leagues all-time appearances list and is fast closing in on Frank Lampard (609). Gareth Barry (653) and Ryan Giggs (632) are still some way off, but if Milner plays beyond this season whether at Liverpool, where his latest contract runs until the summer, or elsewhere he could well break Barrys record.

Those sorts of numbers have never interested Milner. He is far more interested in his day-to-day statistics his high-intensity running, the number of sprints, his lactose levels than the record books, even if breaking one particular record became a motivation as he set his sights firmly on a breakthrough.

Milner remembers sitting on the bench at Elland Road in early November 2002. This was the Premier League, the big time, and it was tantalisingly out of reach. So near, yet so far.

Two months short of his 17th birthday he had been called up to Leeds first-team squad for the first time, but he had just missed out on a place among the substitutes for a match against Everton. He had been invited to sit on the bench for the experience to get a taste for it, he was told, as if he was not hungry enough already.

On the opposition bench that Sunday afternoon was a familiar face. He had first witnessed Wayne Rooneys incredible talent when the clubs played an under-12s game five years earlier. Rooney had then disappeared from Milners radar within 18 months he had been fast-tracked into Evertons under-15s team but now, suddenly, everyone knew about him.

Two weeks earlier, Rooney had become the youngest goalscorer in the Premier League era, aged 16 years and 360 days, when he came off the bench to score a dramatic, spectacular last-minute winner against Arsenal. Remember the name! screamed ITV commentator Clive Tyldesley, as if anyone was ever likely to forget it.

And now Rooney was coming off the bench at Elland Road, the Everton supporters chanting his name. And now he was turning away from Eirik Bakke, running at Lucas Radebe and beating Paul Robinson to score another late winner. And now he was running towards the delirious Everton fans and being mobbed by his team-mates. Everyone was mad about the boy.

Milner couldnt take his eyes off Rooney, who was barely two months his senior but was living a totally different experience. He was determined to make his Premier League debut before he turned 17 in the New Year. If he did that, he might have a shot at breaking Rooneys goalscoring record.

At the final whistle, one of Leeds coaches, Steve McGregor, tapped him on the shoulder. Youre desperate to do what hes doing, arent you? he said. Youre not that far off, you know.

As it happened, he was only six days away. Terry Venables gave him his Premier League debut as a substitute in the closing stages at West Ham. His first touch was an errant pass which almost played in Paolo Di Canio, but Leeds just about held on for a 4-3 win.

Further appearances from the bench followed, the fourth of them away to Sunderland on Boxing Day as an early substitute for the injured Alan Smith. Five minutes into the second half he slid in to convert Jason Wilcoxs cross in front of the away fans. At 16 years and 356 days, he had broken Rooneys record by four days.

Two days later Milner scored a beauty against Chelsea at Elland Road, turning the great Marcel Desailly before curling a wonderful shot inside the far post. Like Rooney, this kid was here for the long haul.

Long before the end of an illustrious playing career at Manchester United, before retiring at the age of 40, Giggs seemed like a precious relic from another era. Indeed he could claim to be short-changed by the numbers cited in addition to his 632 Premier League appearances, he made 40 in the old Football League.

Giggss senior career stretched from March 1991, making his debut against an Everton team that included Neville Southall (born 1958) and Kevin Ratcliffe (born 1960), to May 2014, playing alongside Adnan Januzaj and James Wilson (born 1995). He preceded the Premier League era, the Champions League era, all-seater stadia, the backpass rule. His first professional contract earned him a basic 170 a week, his last getting on for 170,000 a week.

Similar can be said of Milners career. He made his debut in 2002 against a West Ham team featuring Nigel Winterburn (born 1963). He now has team-mates at Liverpool (Harvey Elliott and Stefan Bajcetic) who were not even alive in 2002. At the other end of the spectrum he remarked last week, I played against David Seaman and hes just turned 59. Its mind-blowing.

Then there are the wider changes in English football over the past two decades, so many of them fuelled by overseas investment and another boom in broadcast revenue. If it is possible to pinpoint Roman Abramovichs takeover of Chelsea in July 2003 as the second watershed of the Premier League era, Milner preceded it. He played against Ken Batess Chelsea and he played against Manchester City at Maine Road, where the mood was usually bleak rather than expectant.

On a purely trivial note, there was no pre-match rigmarole in those days. Players just ran out of the tunnel and went to warm up at their end of the pitch no anthem, fair-play handshake or anything of that sort. As for goal-line technology and VARs, these were the type of mind-blowing ideas that might occasionally be floated in the BBC series Tomorrows World before it reached the end of its 38-year run in July 2003.

Wages? Milner was still earning 70 a week as a scholar when he made his debut. With his first win bonus, he went out and bought my own phone line, my own Sky box and my own TV, which, if you remember the TVs back then, was way too big for my bedroom at my mum and dads.

As a 12-year-old, Milner had accepted a deal that would take him to an eye-watering 600 a week upon turning professional at 17. That was swiftly renegotiated upwards after a record-breaking start to his Premier League career, his weekly wage rocketed to four figures and then, as his career progressed, to five figures and to six figures, swelled by trophy bonuses after he joined Manchester City in 2010 and Liverpool in 2015.

But even the sums Milner has earned over a long, successful career might soon sound quaint to some of those now taking their first steps in the Premier League.

Likewise the revelation that he was stunned, as a teenager, to learn that Nike was willing to pay him to wear its boots, rather than the reverse. When the man from Nike asked whether there was any more gear he needed, he panicked. All he could think to say was that he needed a new pair of flip-flops.

He feels there was a humility that was ingrained in his generation of players. How could you let your ego get the better of you when, in his case, he returned to the dressing room at Sunderland to be reminded it was his job to pick up his team-mates dirty slips and kit off the floor and load the crates onto the bus?

It was all about keeping young players grounded. Milner, it seemed, was born grounded. And he wasnt going to change.

Footballers lives have changed in so many ways since Milner made his debut 20 years ago. And the conventional thing to say here would be that the game itself has remained unchanged.

Conventional, but untrue. Because the football that was played in the Premier League 20 years ago is very different to the football that is played now that the influence of Arsene Wenger, Pep Guardiola, Marcelo Bielsa, Jurgen Klopp and others is so widely felt.

At the start of the 2002-03 season, there were only four overseas managers in the Premier League (Wenger, Claudio Ranieri, Gerard Houllier and Jean Tigana) and, while the likes of Venables and Sir Bobby Robson were synonymous with a more progressive style, having coached abroad, Graham Taylor, Sam Allardyce, Peter Reid, Mick McCarthy and others were not.

Twenty years on, the Premier League is far more technical. Michael Cox asked recently whether the direct football of the past, having been dying out in recent years, is now extinct. The most influential British coaches currently are Brendan Rodgers, Graham Potter and Eddie Howe, all of them far more possession-focused than the previous generation of managers.

It is borne out in the statistics. In 2006-07, the first season that Optas data covers, there was an average of 717 passes per match in the Premier League. So far this season it is 909. More tellingly, 17.3 per cent of passes in 2006-07 were hit long. Now it is just 11.9 per cent. And just 70.5 per cent of passes in 2006-07 were successful. Now it is 81.3 per cent. By contrast, the number of tackles per game has dropped significantly from 47.5 to 34.2.

In other words, it is a different game from the one Milner grew up playing. The fundamentals remain the same, but the technical, physical and tactical demands have changed quite dramatically.

The game has evolved and Milner has had to evolve with it.

Of course, it has helped that Milner is something of a freak of nature, a cross-country champion in his youth and even now outperforming his younger team-mates at Liverpool in the dreaded lactate test in pre-season training year after year. Virgil van Dijk calls him the machine.

But beyond that, it comes down to discipline: never touching a drop of alcohol, obsessing over his nutrition, his conditioning and his fitness. Such dedication might be commonplace now, but it certainly wasnt when Milner started out on that path two decades ago.

The era of marginal gains was dawning, but for many players in those days, the concept of sports science went little further than bin bag Thursday making the most of their usual Wednesday afternoon off with a drinking session and then wearing a bin bag under their training kit the next day to try to sweat their excesses. Milner took one look at that and decided it wasnt for him.

Eat the right things, drink the right things, use the mental side of wanting to prove people wrong, he said last week when asked to explain the secrets of his longevity. To have that stubbornness that I have probably helps that you always want to prove yourself, always want to be the best guy in training or want to show up the young lads in pre-season, if you have a bad game, the frustration of I want to go again the next time. I think it is probably just having that drive to keep doing it. The mental side is probably the biggest thing.

Again we come back to Rooney. You do not become Manchester Uniteds and Englands all-time record goalscorer without a serious dedication to your trade and rarely would you see a player more driven on the pitch than he appeared in his raging-bull period. But Rooney also liked a burger, liked a drink, liked a cigarette and at times he struggled to keep the weight off.

Since retiring, Rooney has suggested his drinking was problematic there were times youd get a couple of days off from football and I would actually lock myself away and just drink. Sir Alex Ferguson repeatedly warned Rooney that his lifestyle, as well as his physique, could curtail his career at the highest level. Rooney would probably admit now that Ferguson was right.

There are differences of opinion on what constituted Rooneys peak, but most would agree it was somewhere between the ages of 19 and 24 even if his most two prolific seasons at Manchester United came just a little later.

From around his 27th birthday, Rooneys career seemed like it was in slow-puncture mode; he still scored goals, won trophies and broke records, but the physical intensity that had made him such a force of nature faded. Attempts to reinvent himself as a deep-lying midfielder were not successful. He moved back to Everton at 31, joined DC United a year later, moved to Derby County as player-coach at 33 and then hung up his boots at 35. In terms of longevity, he was never going to be a Milner, a Giggs or indeed a Cristiano Ronaldo.

By contrast, Milner was a teenage sensation who, after the instability he encountered at Leeds and Newcastle United, with so many changes of manager, ended up being a relatively late bloomer at Aston Villa. He won 46 England under-21 caps before finally making his senior debut at the age of 23. He won the PFA Young Player of the Year award at 24 after making more than 300 appearances at club level. He is probably right when he suggests his final season at Villa, in 2009-10, as his best from an individual perspective, but from that point on, at Manchester City and Liverpool, he has been a model of consistency in teams competing for the biggest prizes.

If I think back to under-14 days, Wayne Rooney was absolutely frightening, Buckley says. He had a brilliant career, as I think everyone knew he was going to have. But James has ended up a different kind of example.

There are two common misconceptions about Milner.

The first is that he is boring. Working with him on his book Ask A Footballer three years ago, I found him to be deadly serious when it comes to his work but also very funny and engaging company in his downtime. Intelligent too; as well as speaking Spanish fluently (including with his children), he got seven A grades at GCSE, including maths, which led him to offer an amusingly thorough (and, sadly, entirely fictitious) answer to a question about how many bottles of Ribena it might take to fill up the European Cup.

The second misconception is that he is low-maintenance. In some respects, yes Klopp has said Milner makes a managers life easier with the way he and Jordan Henderson run the dressing room, setting the highest standards of professionalism but his driven, demanding nature cuts both ways, as staff would testify. Even at this stage of his career, he finds himself raging when left out of the starting line-up.

There have been times when he has found it unbearable. I can remember going home in tears when I was at City because I felt so low, Milner said in the book. Not just the usual frustrations that you can have one week to the next, but feeling utterly despondent because I was training really well and playing really well and I was still being left out week after week and I felt there was nothing more that I could do.

That recurring sense of rejection was a significant factor in his decision to leave Manchester City for Liverpool in 2015. It was a step down, swapping Champions League for Europa League, but at Anfield he has been a key figure in the resurgence under Klopp, winning the Champions League in 2019 and the Premier League a year later. Even if he only started nine Premier League games last season, he played a significant role from the bench in both the Carabao Cup final and FA Cup final victories over Chelsea.

So often, discussion of Milner comes down to his professionalism, but it is also fascinating to note how he has evolved through his career: from fleet-footed winger in his early days at Leeds and Newcastle United to thrusting box-to-box midfielder at Villa, from reluctant wide player at Manchester City to midfield dynamo in his first season at Liverpool, then a reluctant stand-in left-back, back to midfield and, increasingly, as the years have gone on, a utility player who can either speed a game up or slow it down as a substitute, depending on what the circumstances require.

I remember people some people questioning whether he would make it to the top. Look at his CV! says Buckley. Even now, you get people saying hes too old. I watched him playing for Liverpool the other week. Too old? Really? Are you sure about that?

As a player, Milner has kept evolving, relentless in his pursuit of self-improvement, in the example he sets and in the demands he makes of his team-mates.

During Milners difficult first season at Newcastle, his manager Graeme Souness infamously said that I dont see myself being here for a long time () if I go down the road (of) buying a team of James Milners. It was intended as a remark on the need for experience, rather than a slight on a young player bought by his predecessor Robson, but Milner took it personally and vowed to prove Souness wrong when he was sent on loan to Villa the following season.

It is fair to say Milner has proved his point many times over. Indeed Souness goes out of his way to tell him as much any time their paths cross. As an outspoken critic of many of todays footballers, he loves the player Milner has blossomed into, combining the best old-fashioned values with the hyper-professionalism the modern game demands.

A team of James Milners? If only there were enough of them for every team to have just one.

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Successful branding is one of the keys to attracting customers and consistently growing a business. Most marketers would say that their brand strategy is at the core of their marketing strategy.

But are they referring to their corporate branding strategy or personal branding efforts? How will these answers affect the company's overall strategy? Here are the answers.

Traditionally, the term branding is associated with large companies like Coca-Cola, Apple and Marlboro. These companies are arguably some of the United States' most recognizable corporate brands. Their brand represents the identity of the company.

In the words of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, a brand is much more than a logo. It is "the set of physical attributes of a product or service, together with the beliefs and expectations surrounding it." Put simply, successful corporate branding evokes an idea in the audience's mind that reaches beyond the corporate identity and includes the values and propositions the company stands for.

A personal brand might incorporate the same elements but it stretches to include the person, their skills, their qualifications and the beliefs and expectations their audiences attach to them.

Related: Six Reasons Branding Is More Important Than Ever Before

Just a few decades ago, very few CEOs of leading brands were widely known to the public. There are only a handful of notable exceptions like Apple founder Steve Jobs, whose personal brand has been inextricably linked to the Apple brand.

The advent of social media and digital marketing has changed the playing field for corporate and personal branding. Traditional company leaders who used to live in relative obscurity have become far more visible to a wider audience. Unintentionally, they developed a personal brand by default, which needed to be carefully managed.

On the other hand, charismatic business founders have deliberately used their personal brands and platform to advance their companies' fortunes. Some specifically established themselves as thought leaders in their field, building their brand as part of the organization's marketing strategy.

Right now, there is a growing group of business owners who are their own brands. Life coaches, celebrity chefs and others are using their brand to support their corporate brand. Essentially, their personal brand is their business. Social media influencers, for example, use their brand to support corporate brands.

Connecting personal and corporate branding can work to the advantage of both sides, creating synergies that help both corporations and individuals expand their audience. Because of this, it does not necessarily make a difference whether the personal or corporate brand came first.

Corporations benefit by becoming more relatable with the help of a human face or faces to represent them. Rather than being seen as an institution, those businesses are recognized for their humanity, breaking down barriers between businesses and consumers. In the long term, the business can use personal connections to build trust and sales.

Related: 7 Stupid Branding Mistakes Your Small Business is Making

Balancing corporate and personal branding is not always straightforward. Just decades ago, corporations did not need to consider their employees' brands or how employees interacted with their own brands.

Since the advent of digital marketing and especially social media marketing, the branding landscape has changed. Anyone with a social media profile is consciously or unconsciously curating their own personal brand. As part of their social media activity, employees will most likely also interact with their employer's brand.

This overlap has caused countless companies to re-evaluate their approach to branding. Should they encourage employees to talk about the company publicly? What happens when unhappy employees use their platform to vent their frustrations?

In light of these concerns, it may seem like a good idea to ban employees from interacting with the company's social media, but that approach is unrealistic. Instead, most companies today choose to encourage employees to share content and expand the business's reach. They are taking advantage of the increased credibility consumers attach to information that is shared by an individual rather than a corporation.

Other companies even leverage the power of personal brands through high-profile talent hires.

Leveraging corporate and personal branding means cooperating to find a strategy that benefits both parties.

As an employer, it is generally not realistic to forbid the use of social media at work or during working hours. However, it makes sense to create easy-to-follow social media guidelines. Companies are asking employees to be honest about their employment, focus on positive topics without slagging competitors and generally use their best judgment with social media.

Encouraging employees to engage with the company's brand whilst building their own personal brand is mutually beneficial. The employee's personal brand can benefit from positive associations with the company. As the employee's recognition as a thought leader grows, the company gains credibility through association.

Personal and corporate brands are becoming ever more interlinked. In most cases, they are connected by default. Forward-thinking brands do best by embracing the connection and fostering positive and open communications between brands and employees. After all, each employee is also a brand ambassador.

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The way you present yourself to your employers, both current and future, plays a crucial part in career success and satisfaction. If you get it right, it can enhance your profile at work, helping you to win interesting projects, promotions and the respect of your colleagues. It will also increase your chances of being the successful candidate at job interviews or attracting clients to your business if youre self-employed.

Personal branding is a popular theme for online blog posts and articles. Individuals are encouraged to use tried and tested marketing techniques to promote themselves effectively to the world. However, care must be taken to ensure that the process doesnt go too far, ending with you presenting yourself in an overly polished, corporate way that doesnt truly represent what you have to offer.

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This free badged course, Personal branding for career success, will help you to pick your way through the concept of personal branding, developing and refining your own brand, and choosing tools and tactics that allow you to present yourself to current and future employers in an authentic and effective way.

Enrolling on the course will give you the opportunity to earn an Open University digital badge. Badges are not accredited by The Open University but they're a great way to demonstrate your interest in the subject and commitment to your career, and to provide evidence of continuing professional development.

Once you are signed in, you can manage your digital badges online from My OpenLearn. In addition, you can download and print your OpenLearn statement of participation - which also displays your Open University badge.

This course isendorsed by theCPD Standards Office. Itcan be used to provide evidence of continuing professional developmentbut is not accredited learning. We are unable to provide formal learner verification services for participation in our open online courses, which are provided freely by The Open University as self-directed CPD.

Anyone wishing to provide evidence of their enrolment on this course is able to do so by sharing their Activity Record on their OpenLearn Profile, which is available before completion of the course and earning of the Statement of Participation.

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Personal Development is about taking the time and making a commitment to investing in yourself so you can become the best version of yourself. When you put the right kind of effort in self-improvement, you will be surprised by the amazing positive results that you can get. These results are not always quantifiable, but many have successfully transformed their lives by opting for right personal and professional growth strategies. Though we all want to improve, with todays demanding jobs and ever busier lives, we dont know how to get there. Well, the fact is that you dont need to go to schools or universities for this; you can learn a whole lot through self-directed learning courses available online.

By engaging in personal development courses, you can develop skills in areas such as mental mastery, strategic and creative thinking, listening, speaking, coaching, personal finance, problem solving and a range of management disciplines. With the right skills and knowledge in place you will become more confident, fulfilled, effective and empowered not just at work but in overall life.

With so many of such courses, our experts have rounded up the best and most beneficial soft skills and personality development online courses and certifications available to undertake this year. While most courses on this list are free to enrol, some of them require you to pay a small fee. Choose the right training course from this list and get started with your personal development.

Heres our List of 10 Top-Rated Personal & Professional Development Courses, Classes, Certifications and Trainings available online in 2022.

At the outset, lets tell you that this is the most popular class in Yales history of 317 years and is now available for everyone to undertake for free. Yale Psychology Professor Laurie Santos introduced this class as Psychology and the Good Life in the spring of 2018 to help students navigate the rising levels of anxiety, depression and stress in their lives. The class instantly became so popular that almost a quarter of all Yale undergrads enrolled in it in the inaugural year itself.

As the demand for access to the class content kept growing amidst lots of media attention, Professor Santos created an iteration of the course for Coursera titled The Science of Well-Being so it could benefit a wider audience.

In this course, Santos has collected all the psychological science out there and come up with a step-by-step process for boosting happiness. The course focuses both on positive psychology the characteristics that allow humans to flourish, and behavioral change, or how to live by those lessons in real life. The first part of the course discusses things people often get wrong about happiness, plus aspects of our mind that make us think the way we do. Then, it goes into methods that have been scientifically proven to make us happier. The last part of the course gives learners time, tips, and social support to work on the final assignment which asks learners to apply one wellness activity aka Rewirement into their lives for four weeks.

The following topics are covered in weekly instalments:

The course content includes video lectures (shot in Santos own home with a handful of Yale students in the audience), optional readings and a lot of homework centred on daily exercises geared toward changing your habits recognizing and then dropping bad ones while developing new happier habits. In a nutshell, this course is a gold mine for life hacks.

You can either enrol in the course for $49 and get access to all course content, along with graded assignments and earn a certificate of completion at the end of the course. You can also choose to audit the course for free, in which case youll have access to course material but not graded assignments. You can upgrade to a paid certificate any time during or after the course.

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Duration : 10 weeks, 2-3 hours per weekRating : 4.9Sign up Here

Have you ever wondered how your brain works when it comes to learning any new piece of information? This course from Coursera offered in collaboration with McMaster University and University of California, San Diego will help you learn that and more, so you can effectively use this knowledge of how your brain actually processes information to learn complicated subjects. Whether it is art, music, science, math, sports, or literature, this course will serve as a guide to help you learn the subject in a more efficient way and improve at it.

This course is the most popular and loved course on Coursera with almost 2 million students enrolled. It is taught by distinguished professors Dr. Barbara Oakley and Dr. Terrence Sejnowski. Dr. Oakley describes how she flunked her way through elementary, middle school and high school math and science and later retooled her brain and has since made it her lifes work to help others learn how to learn by explaining some key principles from modern neuroscience. She takes you through the following topics in a very friendly and insightful manner:

Using the approaches taught in this course, no matter what your skill levels in topics you would like to master, you can change your thinking and change your life.

This course is offered as 4 weekly instalments, and includes 3 hours of video, 3 hours of exercises and 3 hours of bonus material. Though you can complete it at your own pace, it is suggested that you spend 3-4 hours every week. There are quizzes at the end of each video lecture and each module to help you test and validate the learning. The concepts are illustrated with goofy animations, like surfing zombies, metabolic vampires and an octopus of attention.

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Duration : 4 weeks, 3-4 hours per weekRating : 4.8Sign up Here

This Course has been designed by Dr. Barbara Oakley (creator of wildly popular MOOC Learning How to Learn with more than 2 million student participants on Coursera). She has designed this Mindshift course to help learners boost their career and life in todays fast-paced learning environment. We all know that learning new things in the workplace can be quite challenging, but it is a necessary step to advance your career. This course focuses on how you can develop potential in your workplace and beyond. It teaches how you should keep your mind open to adjust to change, be willing to learn new things and how to do that effectively, and much more.

Dr. Oakley believes that just about anyone can train herself or himself to learn. Whatever your age or stage, Mindshift teaches you essentials such as how to get the most out of online learning and MOOCs, how to seek out and work with mentors, the secrets to avoiding common learning pitfalls, career ruts and general ruts in life, and insights such as the value of selective ignorance over general competence. You will learn about second-skilling yourself, and developing a talent stack of average talents that can combine into a formidable asset.

The course is presented as 4 weekly instalments with video lectures, quizzes and graded assignments. The lessons are rich in metaphor, as the instructors believe that the metaphors use the same neural circuits in the brain as the underlying concept does, so they help to get the complex ideas across much effectively. The popularity of the course is a testament to the great content and presentation skills of the instructors. The course is highly recommended for individuals likely facing career changes and seeking better ways to climb new learning curves.

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Duration : 4 weeks, 2-3 hours per weekRating : 4.8Sign up Here

We are witnessing a lot of interest in meditation, mindfulness, and contemplation these days. For some its a therapy, for others technology and for some a lifestyle choice. Tens of millions of people admit to practicing it in United States alone. Significant research into mindfulness has been going on in various disciplines in sciences, social sciences and humanities. This Mindfulness course aims to provide learners with theoretical and practical skills to understand and critically access mindfulness in its various forms. The course has evolved from popular Honours Academy course at Leiden University and is rooted in experiential learning providing an evidence base of what mindfulness can do to people and conceptual base of what mindfulness might actually be.

This is a very innovative course that encompasses ancient traditions and cutting edge science in order to de-mystify mindfulness as a technology for life. Experiential learning is at the heart of the course including specially designed meditation labs, in which learners get chance to practice and analyze mindfulness on themselves. There are 6 modules that explore the Psychology, Philosophy, Politics and Future of mindfulness. The course culminates with a Honours Project in which learners create original, new projects of their own based on the knowledge accumulated and experiences & insights gained throughout the course.

The course has been designed by Dr. Chris Goto-Jones, a very learned and renowned professor of Philosophy. He delivers the course in a very friendly and open style with a lot of focus on daily experiential practice. There are several useful resources provided for further studies.

This course serves a wide range of learners. Whether you are new to mindfulness looking for clarity, or a seasoned practitioner looking for more depth, or a mindfulness teacher looking to broaden your understanding or a therapist looking to diversify your knowledge, this course has something valuable to offer to everyone.

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Duration : 5 Weeks, approx 3 hours per week theory + 30-45 minutes per day for experiential practicesRating : 4.8Sign up Here

This Specialization is based on the four most popular courses taught at Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and has been designed to help you maximize your potential and be more successful in both personal and professional life, using the techniques and exercises taught at the Wharton School. This course teaches students to harness key skills that can help them navigate their social world more effectively.

Upon completing this Specialization, learners will be able to define what success means to them, find their passion and core values, apply these values and principles at home and at work, work well with others, communicate effectively, set goals and influence others to achieve their goals. While many business courses only cover topics related to successful organizational practices, these courses provide key insights into successful personal practices that work well in both professional and personal life.

This specialization comprises of following four courses that are in a sequence, and the sequence is important:

Throughout the specialization students undertake several exercises, self-diagnostic surveys, quizzes, and many case studies. Whether one is starting career and trying to figure out the direction to take or is an experienced professional who has all figured out, this specialization provides the tools that will help them make a bigger impact in whatever they do.

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Duration : 16 weeks, 2-3 hours per weekRating : 4.7Sign up Here

Reasoning is important. Think Again course promises to teach you how to reason and argue well and in an effective manner. Basically, it is structured as a series of four short courses that explore the logic underlying arguments, how arguments are constructed and deconstructed, and how to identify and evaluate arguments and what makes a good argument.

You will learn simple but vital rules to follow in thinking about any topic at all and common and tempting mistakes to avoid in reasoning. You will be taught how to identify, analyze, and evaluate arguments by other people (including politicians, used car salesmen, and teachers) and how to construct arguments of your own in order to help you decide what to believe or what to do. These skills will be useful in dealing with whatever matters most to you.

This is not a typical course in logic. But, has a much different focus as it attempts to teach how one could evaluate arguments in everyday contexts. The syllabus explores the following in four distinct parts:

All the four courses are instructed by Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, Chauncey Stillman Professor of Practical Ethics in the Department of Philosophy and the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University, and Ram Neta, Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The humorous and friendly delivery style of the professors is very well liked by the students.

The courses are delivered as 10-15 minutes micro-lectures. Multiple choice exercises follow each lecture for students to check their understanding. Several additional reading notes are also provided for students who wish to explore the topics in more depth. Longer graded quizzes are included at the end of each course.

This is a very engaging and applicable course, and presented with 100% efficacy. It serves people working or studying in a wide range of fields pretty well. Regardless your job or location, the information, tools and techniques taught in the course will help you to reason in everyday life.

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Duration : Approx. 16 hoursRating : 4.6Sign up Here

Public speaking is a highly sought after soft skill for business executives, sales people or trainers or anybody in public-facing profession. This 4-course series created by University of Washington is one of the highest quality courses that will help you up your speaking game. The instructor Dr. Matt McGarrity is UWs distinguished lecturer and has won several awards and accolades for public speaking research. He has spent an entire career helping nervous novice speakers grow into confident communicators. In this course he helps learners hone public speaking and speech writing techniques. You will learn about how to design impromptu speeches, master the speech preparation process, and deliver informative and persuasive speeches in the most effective manner.

This public speaking specialization is for speakers at all levels. Its a self-paced program with flexible deadlines that will take about 4-6 months to complete with around 3-4 hours of work per week. Throughout the courses, learners will record speeches, providing and receiving peer feedback. Although it does not come with any college credit, financial aid is available.

The courses in this specialization draw from the fields of communication, linguistics, and debate creating a comprehensive curriculum and include the following:

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Duration : Approx. 4-6 monthsRating : 4.7Sign up Here

Neuroplasticity has become quite a buzzword these days especially in scientific and psychology circles. It promises that we can rewire our brain (contrary to ancient popular wisdom) to improve everything from health and mental wellbeing to quality of life. This course on Udemy by Gregory Caremans teaches the concept of Neuroplasticity and how you can take action to use this Neuroplasticity to your advantage to develop mental flexibility, change habits, stop procrastination and even alter memories.

Gregory is a psychologist with a Master in communication, specialized in the Neurocognitive and Behavioral Approach. Hes the former Director of the Institute of Neurocognitivism in Brussels (Belgium). He is an expert in brain science and has created this course with a very hands-on approach. He uses every-day language and a lot of humour to make such a complex topic accessible and understandable to anyone. He brings the content in such a way that one can easily use it and apply it in their daily life.

This course explores cutting edge brain research, from enriched environments to implanting memories, over the anatomy of habits. Its packed with following concrete tools that help to apply the research to our lives immediately:

This Course promises to let participants experience neuroplasticity for themselves, helping them to reconnect with what they want in their lives and start making constructive changes towards achieving them.

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Duration : 3 hours on-demand videoRating : 4.7Sign up Here

The aim of this Udemy course is to help you learn faster, remember more and unlock the vast potential of your mind. It focuses on improving your ability to learn new skills, advanced memory techniques and long-term retention and application of the information quickly and effectively.

This course is not the typical speed-reading course that you may have been exposed to. It goes much beyond that and dives into the actual cognitive and neurological factors that make learning easier and more successful with longer retention of the information.

The Course at its core focuses on achieving following three goals and super skills:

Apart from instructional learning, the course includes thorough demonstrations, quizzes, hands-on worksheets, supplemental resources and learning games. It will give you the tools to do rigorous at-home training. The course will require 2-3 hours of memory and speed-reading practice and training per week, and last roughly 7-9 weeks. After completing the course, you will see a comprehensive shift in the way you learn and remember new information. The SuperLearning skills acquired through this course will be applicable to many aspects of your everyday life, from remembering phone numbers to acquiring new skills or even speaking new languages.

This course is for anyone who wishes to learn more effectively, whether its a beginner student or professional or hobbyist or any learner seeking advanced techniques and skills.

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Duration : 5 hours on-demand videoRating : 4.4Sign up Here

With todays fast paced life, most people are struggling to manage work and rest effectively. This course on online learning platform edX aims to help you develop skills that go beyond balance and achieve work-life effectiveness as individuals and as leaders.

This course is part of a Professional Certificate in Inclusive Leadership by Catalyst, the leading non-profit organization that works to accelerate professional progress for women through workplace inclusion. The course focuses on the importance of inclusive leadership in creating flexible and productive work environments. It includes a lot of research and real-world examples from a variety of situations, through which you will learn strategies for managing workplace flexibility. You will be surprised to learn how you have the power as an individual, a team member, or a leader to make positive change. You will understand the value of a flexible work environment and see what sets successful flexible workers and managers apart.

The course material includes video lectures, compelling case studies and short quizzes to build your knowledge in each section. You will have the opportunity to share your experience and involve in discussions with other students on various topics such as communication, technology, myth busting, challenges, and solutions. In the course you will develop a work-life plan for yourself so you can apply the strategies and skills earned in real life to better manage your responsibilities related to work and personal life.

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Duration : 4 weeks, 1-2 hours per weekRating : 4.6Sign up Here

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