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By Renee Goyeneche

A personal vision is more than just a singular goal; it's a comprehensive picture of how you want your life to look, driven by your core values, passions, and long-term aspirations. Once you define your vision, you can work with the end in mind, aligning your personal and professional paths for a more cohesive, fulfilling and successful life.

When your vision is clear, the work you do in one area of your life naturally supports and enhances the others, and you'll see the benefits in seven key areas.

When you prioritize your values and goals, it informs your approach to decision-making and guides your actions. For instance, if you view integrity as a core value, this principle means you will prioritize honesty in relationships and commitments with family and friends. This might involve being truthful even when it's difficult, standing by your commitments, and consistently showing respect and fairness in your interactions.Professionally, integrity might mean seeking workplaces and roles that uphold ethical standards, ensuring that your career choices are consistent with your personal beliefs, leading to greater job satisfaction and a sense of purpose.

A clear purpose motivates you to pursue your passions and goals. For example, if your vision emphasizes personal growth, you'll naturally look to expand your horizons. At a personal level, that may look like learning a new language or developing a new hobby. This same drive can lead you to excel in your career, taking on challenging projects or seeking additional training. You'll also be more likely to choose a job you're passionate about because you're intrinsically motivated to choose something that sparks your interest. The desire for growth also builds resilience because you cannot grow without adapting to change.

A well-defined personal vision clarifies decision-making in all parts of your life. For example, if you prioritize family, you might focus on spending quality time with loved ones, planning family vacations, or coaching your child's sports team. Professionally, this clarity might act as a filter for making career decisions, helping you evaluate job offers, projects, and opportunities based on how well they align with your family commitments.

A long-term perspective helps you set and pursue goals that contribute to your overall life satisfaction and growth. For instance, if you value continuous learning and self-improvement, you might pursue higher education or attend training or workshops. In your professional life, this same value helps you set and pursue SMART (specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound) goals that align with your overall life plan. If you want to be a leader in your field, for example, you might set goals to study and implement techniques used by people you admire.

If your vision includes being a supportive partner and friend, you will prioritize clear communication, trust and working to understand a perspective that differs from your own. Professionally, these same priorities will improve your interactions with colleagues, mentors, and industry peers. You might see this translate to effective collaboration and teamwork as you build positive professional relationships and create a supportive work environment.

Understanding your priorities helps you lead by example in your personal life. For instance, if your vision includes providing community leadership, you might organize neighborhood cleanups, volunteer at shelters, or start a local garden project.

In a professional management role, this might involve setting specific, achievable goals for your team and encouraging open communication to address any challenges. Providing clear expectations and support creates a positive work environment where everyone feels valued and motivated to work towards common goals.

Integrating your personal goals with your daily activities ensures a balanced and fulfilling life. If your vision includes maintaining a healthy work-life balance, you might set aside specific times for family, hobbies, and relaxation, reducing stress and enhancing well-being.

Professionally, this might involve setting boundaries for work hours, prioritizing tasks effectively, and taking regular breaks to recharge. Encouraging a healthy work-life balance within your team can also lead to higher job satisfaction, improved morale, and a more positive work environment.

Creating a personal vision helps you focus on what truly matters and provides clear direction for your life. It clarifies your decisions, keeps you motivated, and ensures your actions align with your core values. This focus boosts your confidence, enhances your ability to navigate challenges, and allows you to recognize and seize opportunities that move you closer to your goals.

Renee Goyeneche: I am a writer and research editor focusing on information that benefits women, children, and families. Find me on Twitter.

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Layla, a white labrador retriever, has wrapped up her career as the bat dog for the Philadelphia Phillies' A-ball affiliate.

The very-good dog who has been with the Clearwater Threshers for six years picked up a bat for the final time during Friday's game against Fort Myers.

After wrapping up her last game, Layla got a special retirement treat and gift from the club.

Layla became a social-media star in 2018 when a video went viral showing her owner, Andrew Davis, asking her to get him a beer from the refrigerator. She jumps off the couch, opens the fridge door with the help of a towel placed on the handle, grabbed the can, brought it to him and went back to shut the door.

Per Leah Burdick of WMNF Radio in Florida, Layla had actually trained alongside athletes at Webber International University when Davis was a student at the school.

Davis explained to Burdick he showed Dominic Repper, Threshers manager of promotions and game entertainment, the viral video and it gave Repper an idea. It just wasn't certain at that point if Layla could pick up a bat.

"When we first contacted the Threshers, Layla didn't even know what a baseball bat was," Davis said.

It didn't take long before Davis took Layla to baseball fields near their home where he taught her to pick up a bat and bring it back to the dugout.

Even though Layla won't be there to pick up bats, Davis told Burdick he will keep bringing her to Threshers games as a fan.

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Returning from an expedition to the archaeological wonders of Minoan Crete, I have arrived in London with plenty of time to spare to watch England in the Euro Final at the Berlin Olympiastadion tomorrow. In virtually any sport, watching the global elite in action is always instructive.

My trip to Crete set me thinking about the relationship between physical and mental sport. In particular, the views of Beethovens inspiration for the9th Symphony, the German philosopher and dramatist, Friedrich Schiller, who evidently saw no distinction between mental and physical play.

To preface the following quotation, a brief biography of the translator is deserved:what is a self-contained quote inthe native German, does not transpose to English easily.

The treatment is a sensitiveinsightby an eminent German journalist, who earned her doctorate in Slavic philologyafter attending Hamburg University. Chairwoman of theGerman Journalists Associations admissions committee, she more recently lectured on Ethical Journalism at the Free University of Berlin.

Der Menschspieltnur, wo er invollerBedeutungdesWortesMenschist, und eristnurdaganzMensch, wo erspielt.Thus the mighty Schiller.

The following elucidation (Man is only fully Human When at Play) isfromFriedrich SchillersIdeasConcerning the Aesthetical Education of Man,by GesineDrnberg.

In Schillers opinion, to play means to act free from the force of need as well as of duty and thus to enjoy liberation from necessity. It is this experience of freedom that links play with the aesthetical phenomenon of beauty and causes its high educational value. The quality that we call beauty represents the same lightness of spirit as the game does. In the beautiful work of art, the material is not dominated by the form or vice versa. The work of art shows a free play between form and matter, between beauty and necessity, and thus represents the highest kind of play. Games are steps on the way to beauty, because they educate the player to enjoy the freedom of creativity.

In Crete the prevailing view, since the early 20th century daysof heroic excavations by Sir Arthur Evans at Knossos, has been that Minoan sport centred very much around bronzed, scantily clad youths, performing amazing acrobatics with bulls. Largely responsible for such impressions have been the fantastic illustrations and reproductions commissioned by Evans from theSwissGillironfather and son artistic team. To my mind, though, their work has more to do with Diaghilevs then fashionable set designer, Leonid Bakst, than with BC Bullocks.

For a start, the mountainous Cretan landscape is far better suited to the cultivation of sheep and goats, rather than cattle. Next, I believe that Crete was essentially a maritime and trading civilisation, dealing with dried fish, ivory, both elephantine and hippo in origin, copper, tin, cedar wood and precious minerals and metals, not bovine produce. The proliferation of rollocks (or oar points for galleys) in the archaeological testament could easily lead to confusion, since humble curved rollocks, given an overheated romantic imagination, might easily be misinterpreted as a bovine rather than maritime infatuation.

Knossos was lauded as the palace of King Minos. Millia, further to the east of Crete, has equally been touted as the palatial residence of King Minoss brother, Sarpedon. On my recent visit I felt, however, that I was more at the epicentre of some vast granary, olive oil and wine store, rather than the hub of a sports training ground for golden Cretan youth.

Cretes eminence amongst that antique topographical ring of advanced cultures, including Mycenae, Egypt, Cyprus, Hittite and Assyrian, suffered from the volcanic explosion of Santorini and later from the unexplained and universal collapse of Aegean-centric civilisation in that fateful year 1177 BC. Whether the cause was famine, epidemic, climate change, drought or incursions of the mysterious Sea People, it is hard to establish.

Views of Cretan sport have been, in my opinion, excessively coloured by the legends of Theseus and the monstrous Minotaur. As with so many cultures, the Aztec arena (Ullamaliztli),Bushkaziin the East, the most popular usually involve a kind of ball.

I have been impressed by an erudite manual, taking Schillers conclusions on the identity of physical and mind sports even further. Comparing the two mind and physical sports activities,Football and Chess:Tactics, Strategy, Beauty by Adam Wells, published by HardingeSimpole,convincingly demonstrates Schillers philosophical position, thatthere are, indeed, more similarities than one might expect. In what follows, I have drawn heavily on the authors conclusions:

At the most fundamental level, football and chess are games that involve using space effectively and getting the timing right in order to break down an opponents defence, whilst preventing them from breaking down yours.

Thats it. There are very few limiting rules. There are no complicated scoring systems and procedures of play that have to be followed. It is clear-cut: we must capture pieces or score goals while staying within the confines of the board or pitch. However you choose to do this is entirely up to you. Since players have such freedom to do what they want, they are presented with a huge number of options of how to act in a given situation. Thus, it is the very simplicity of the games that paradoxically makes them so complex.

Aside from the freedom of choice that the games allow players, it is also the teamwork element which creates the complexity. No other team sport places such an emphasis on harmony between players as football. As in chess, every movement or action affects everything else around it. One badly positioned player (or piece in chess) can be ruinous.

Consequently, a group of superior footballers willsometimes lose to technically weaker players who are interacting more harmoniously. In the same way, as every serious chess player knows, having more powerful pieces left on the board does not guarantee a win. It is the power of the interactions between these pieces which is decisive. This weeks main game is a case in point. Whites nominally more powerful queen can make little headway against Blacks entrenched bishop and knight.

Perhaps it is no surprise that both Rafael Benitez (a Champions League winner when he managed Liverpool FC) and Karel Brckner (long-standing coach of the Czech Republic national team) are both avid chess players, and know only too well how much greater the whole can be than the sum of its parts. Both are famous for their ability to create exceptional teams without exceptional players. Indeed, according to his agent, Benitez has no particular aptitude for noticing good players, such is his preoccupation with watching the team as a whole.

Aneven more contemporarycase for the cross-over between the battlefield of chess and the territorialstrategies of football isexemplified by the appointment of the new Chelsea manager,Enza Maresca. Hisplaying credentials were impressive, having represented Juventus, Sevilla and Olympiacos, among several others. However, his managerial experienceis already exceptional, despitehisscarce years in charge.

Most notably, he managed Leicester Citys return to the Premiership last season, after acting as assistant to the legendary Pep Guardiolaon two separate occasions. While he was studying for his coaching badges at the premier Italian Football University atCovercianoin Florence, his thesis was entitledFootballand Chess.In it,he expanded his conception ofthe positional parallels between the contests.

As a result of the endless possibilities of harmony and interaction, both games are limitless: infinitely complicated, infinitely interesting, forever elusive and mysterious, and always open to new interpretation. This makes them very exciting to play and watch. And so, because, in essence, both games are based on the same concept, if you were a fan of one game, it is likely that you will enjoy the other.

One of the popular misconceptions about chess is that it is a game of pure calculation. Either you have a brain that could work through 10 moves ahead, or you dont. This is not true. Of course, calculation is a large part of chess, but also important is positional knowledge, instinct and creativity. If two players with equal powers of calculation play each other, the player with the greater positional knowledge and better chess intuition will usually win. Great chess players like Mikhail Tal frequently came up with creative responses to problems, and often relied entirely on intuition when they could not work through all the possibilities in their head. As Garry Kasparov says, it takes more than logic to be a world-class chess player. Intuition is the defining quality of a great chess player.

By the same token, playing football well is not just about good positioning, creativity and instinctive reactions. It also requires a lot of calculation.

In most situations on the field, there is more than one option of what to do at any given moment. Players have to make a quick decision on which one to choose. If a player has moved out of position, do you cover? Do you play a fast ball up to the strikers or do you play it into space to build up an attack more slowly? Do you overlap the winger or is it too dangerous? The game involves constant calculation quickly assessing the situation and then making an instantaneous decision. Football, according to former Dutch international ArnoldMhren, is a game you play with your brains, not with your feet.

In other words, the games are not so different in the way that you play and understand them than it seems at first. If you like playing or watching football, you can use the understanding you have to play chess. Similarly, if you are a chess fanatic, you will find that your understanding of chess will help you appreciate a good game of football.

An obvious difference between the games is that one is constantly moving, while the other is static for the most part. However, while many conceive of chess as a slow game, theexperience of playing a good game contradicts this. In every static position movement is implied. As long as your mind is constantly thinking through movements and ideas, the game will be as alive and as exciting as any other sport.

In many senses, chess gives you the opportunity to play a game of football on a board, controlling every piece of developing your understanding of positioning, movement and combinations with every game you play.This is discussedin the followingYouTubeclip offormer world championMagnus Carlsen and Pep Guardiola, manager of Manchester City FC and widely considered to be the greatest football coach alive.

Despitethe fact thatparallels betweensuch a cerebral pastime andall-action athletic pursuitseem counter-intuitive,their positionalstrategies share much in common.This is the view explored in a fascinatingexamination of the firstNorwegian toplay both sports at the highest level, includingrepresenting his nation in international competition.

Simen Agdestein(born 15 May 1967) is aNorwegianchess grandmaster, coach and author and a former professionalfootballer,astrikerfor theNorwegian national football team.

Simen was awarded the IM title in 1983 and the GM title in 1985. He has won a record nine Norwegian chess championships, including the 2022 and 2023 championships. He holds records for being both the youngest (at15, in 1982) and oldest (at56, in 2023)champion.

Agdestein is also the former coach ofMagnus Carlsen, and is the brother of Carlsens present manager,Espen Agdestein. He has authored and co-authored several books on chess, including a biography of Carlsen.

All these detailsand moreare included in a new biographicalexercise,Games and Goals:The Fascinating Chess and Football Careers of Simen Agdestein(NiC) byAtle Grnn.Oneexcerptshould suffice to demonstrate the accomplishments of Norways firstchess grandmaster: His international football career was cut short when he refused to play for Norway in a World Cup qualifier against Scotland. He opted instead to play Garry Kasparov in a chess tournament in Belgrade.

Our featured game this week combines football and chess. My game against Agdestein was a serious exercise, where the full point was required, and yet I hope you will agree, vividly epitomises thespiritof, nothing ventured, nothing gained.

SimenAgdesteinvs. Raymond Keene

Gausdal Jubilee, rd. 2, 1983

1.d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Nc6 5. d5 Nd4 6. Be3 c5 7. Nge2 Qb6 8. Nxd4?!

Adiffident continuationwhich discountsthemotive behind Blacks last: to overprotect d4.Strongeris8. Na4 Qa5+ 9. Bd2 Qc7, when after10. Bc3,for example,10e5 11. dxe6 Nxe6 12. Bxg7Nxg7, when White can demonstrate aslight, yettangibleadvantage.

8 cxd4 9. Na4

9dxe3?

Spectacular, even astonishing but probably bad. My position regarding this provocative move, recorded in 2005,wasthatIhadplayedQa5+ againstSeirawanthe previous year and didnt like it.TheQueen sacrificewasnt played to draw;it was played to get an interesting positionI thinkMiles might have later refuted the variation but asAgdestein played I feltIwas the one who was pressing for the win.Igave a draw in the final position rather reluctantly, asI couldntsee any way to improveBlacks chances then, nor has one been successfullyproposed since.

The engine confirms that after,9 Qa5+,Whitecanmaintain parity with,10. Bd2(10. b4 draws immediately: 10 Qxb4+ 11. Bd2 Qa3 12.Bc1 Qb4+ 13. Bd2 etc.) 10Qd8 11.c5 (11.Bd3Nf6 12. O-O e6 13. h3 O-O 14. Rc1 b6 15.Re1 Bd716.b4b617.a3)11 Bd7 12. Bd3 Nf6 13. O-OO-O14. b4e6 15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. cxd6 Ng4 17. f4 Qxd6 18. e5, and it is equal.

10.Nxb6 exf2+ 11. Kxf2 axb6 12. Qc2

A year later, in 1984, Miles played instead,12. Qd2againstRohde,and won in 30 moves.

12 Bd4+ 13. Ke1 Nf6 14. Be2 O-O 15. Rd1?!

A strangely ineffective way of activating Whitesrooks.The engine prefers15. Kd2(also good is15. a4 Bd7 16. h3 Kg7 17. Rf1)15 Kg716. a4 Bd7 17. h3 h5 18. Rhf1,with initiative.

15 Be5 16. a4 h5 17. b3 Bd7 18. Qd3?!

Stronger is18. Kf2, when Whitebothguardstheg3-square after a subsequenth2-h3,and also enables the king to find a modicum of safety after the h1-rookisactivated.Black has a cramped positionfrom which to prosecute an attack with his kingside pawn majority, whichwouldalso leave his own kingproneto attack.Thecandidate responses, 18Rac8, h4andNg4,are all insufficientcontinuationsand leave White with a significant advantage.

18e6 19. dxe6 Bxe6 20. Bf3?

An error which relinquishes Whitesadvantage.Considerably better is20. Qe3, which is more consistent withWhites previous move, and forces Blacks hand:20b5 21.cxb5 Rac8 (21 Rfc8 22. Rf1 Rc3 23.Rd3 Rac8 transposes)22.Bd1 Rc1 25. h3 Nd7 26. Kf2 Nc5 27. Rd4 (Whiteis happy tooffer a rookin exchangefor the powerful black-squared bishop) 27Rb1 28. Kg1 Nxb3 29. Bxb3Rxb3 30.Rd3, when Whitesucceedsinhanging on.

20 Nd7 21. Kf2 b5 22. axb5 Ra2+?!

Full equalityisavailable after,22Nc5(22Ra323. Qc2Nc5transposes)23.Qc2Ra324. b4 Nb3 25.Rd3 Rfa8 26. Rxb3Ra227. Rc1 Bxc428. Re3 Bd4 29. Be2Rxc2(29 R8a3 30. Kf1 Rxc2 31.Rxc2Rxe332.Rxc4 Be5transposes)30.Rxc2Ra3 31. Kf1Rxe3 32.Rxc4 Be5 33. h3 Bg3 34. b6 Ra335. Bd1 Ra6 36. Rc7 Rxb6,whena draw is themost likely outcome.

24.Rd2 Nc5 24. Qe3 Rxd2+ 25. Qxd2 Nxb3 26. Qc2 Bd4+ 27. Kg3 Be5+

If there was one very slight improvementI could have introduced at this late stage, it was here, when27 Nc5isalsopossible. However,28.Rd1Be5+ 29. Kf2 Ra8 30. Kg1 Kg7 31. Be2 h4 32.Bf1 Ra333. Qf2 g5 34. Be2 Ra2 35. h3 b6,or alternatively,28. h3 Be5+ 29. Kf2 Ra830. Rd1 Ra331.Kg1 Rc3 32. Qd2 Bxc4 33. Bxh5Bb3 34. Re1 Rc2 35. Qh6 gxh5alsodraw.

28.Kf2 Bd4+ 29. Kg3Game drawn -

Ever-resonant, twelve years later in 1995 the motifreappeared forour eponymous hero, only with colours reversed.In this epilogue, the thematic sacrifice is playedwith great effect by Agdestein against an unfortunateNigel Short then at the height of his career.

Rays206th book, Chess in the Year of the King , written in collaboration with Adam Black, and his 207th, Napoleon and Goethe: The Touchstone of Genius (which discusses their relationship with chess) areavailable from Amazon and Blackwells.

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15th World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand defeated one of his great rivals GM Veselin Topalov 2.5-1.5 on Friday to reach the Final of the 2024 Leon Masters. He'll face the winner of Saturday's Semifinal between GM Arjun Erigaisi and local hero GM Jaime Santos in Sunday's Final as he aims to make it 10 titles in the Spanish city.

The second Semifinal starts Saturday, June 29, at 10:30 a.m. ET / 16:30 CEST / 8 p.m. IST.

This event is the 37th edition of the Leon Masters, a tournament that has been won by World Champions Garry Kasparov, Vladimir Kramnik, and Magnus Carlsen. The player who has most made Leon his home, however, is Anand, who has played the event 15 times and won on no less than nine occasions.

Leon Masters Winners

54-year-old Anand said it would be "magnificent" to round off his career in Leon with a 10th win, while in the Semifinal he was paired to meet the player he won a World Championship match against in Sofia in 2010, 49-year-old Topalov.

The Bulgarian also has happy memories of Leon, and not just winning the title in 1997. He said after the drawing of lots that he made his debut in elite chess 31 years ago in Leon, when he played in the 1993 tournament and got to face former World Champion Anatoly Karpovin fact, they shared third place on 5.5/9, with GM Leonid Yudasin scoring 7/9.

The other Semifinal is between two young players, 27-year-old local star and defending champion, Santos, and 20-year-old Arjun, who has stormed up to world number-four by playing everywhere, both accepting invitations and playing relatively minor opens.

The format is four rapid games where each player has 20 minutes for all moves, plus a 10-second increment each move. Only if the score is tied 2-2 will a playoff take place with 3+2 blitz games.

The match opened with two wild draws, with Anand later commenting on the live broadcast: "The truth is it was very difficult. I didnt start the match very well, but I survived!"

I didn't start the match very well, but I survived!

Viswanathan Anand

The first clash was a very sharp Vienna Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3) where Topalov built up a dominant position where his bishop on c6 completely dominated Anand's rooks on a7 and e7. After 28...Re6? White was winning, but not after the Bulgarian's 29.Bd7?. He was half-expecting his opponent to resign, but it turned out Black was suddenly completely OK!

The second game began with a slow maneuvering Ruy Lopez but suddenly burst into life when Topalov got to sacrifice an exchange. Soon afterward he got a chance to launch a decisive attack on Anand's king but missed one crucial trick.

Topalov quipped that he'd made a mouse-slip when he later blundered a pawn.

Topalov noted, "In sport you have to take your chances," and it was Anand who seized his chance in game three.

An innocuous-looking middlegame position suddenly saw Anand able to launch a kingside attack, and although 37...Nf4+?! isn't one of the computer-approved kills it did ultimately prove enough to give Anand victory.

That's our Game of the Day, which GM Dejan Bojkov analyzes below:

The final game was, therefore, a must-win for Topalov, who played the French Defense, but Anand soon traded into an endgame where only he could be better and went on to make a draw from a position of strength.

Anand-Arjun could be a fascinating clash of the Indian generations in the Final on Sunday, but first Santos will try to stop Arjun in Saturday's Semifinal.

The 2024 Leon Masters is a four-player knockout taking place in Leon, Spain, from June 28-30, featuring GMs Viswanathan Anand, Veselin Topalov, Arjun Erigaisi, and Jaime Santos. Each match consists of four 20+10 rapid games. If the scores are tied, the players compete in 3+2 blitz games.

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The game of chess just keeps getting younger and younger! Grandmaster titles are now being achieved at twelve, thirteen, and fourteen years of age. Young talents are able to take advantage of the wealth of information, consistent and regular tournaments, and government supports on a global level. The one thing that remains from the dawn of chess is that to reach the top hard-work is still king.

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This list showcases the top 44 youngest grandmasters as of April 1, 2024. After barely holding onto the record with GM Gukesh Dommaraju missing him by just 17 days, GM Sergey Karjakin's record was broken by IM Abhimanya Mishra in 2021.

* Pending official FIDE confirmation

Abhimanyu Mishra became the youngest international master in 2019 at the age of 10 and began earning his GM norms in 2021. On June 30, he earned his third and final norm at the Vezerkepzo GM Mix Swiss tournament in Budapest, Hungary to become the youngest GM in history. Mishra broke Karjakin's record, which had stood for 19 years, by more than two months in age.

Here's a clean victory for Mishra over GM Zoltan Varga from the 5th Vezerkepzo GM tournament in 2021.

For 19 years, GM Sergey Karjakin held the record for the youngest grandmaster in chess history at 12 years old and 7 months. Like many children, Karjakin learned chess at the age of five, and just six years later at the age of 11 he was an international master. Karjakin has been World Rapid Champion (2012), and World Blitz Champion (2016). In March 2016 he won the Candidates' Tournament and earned the right to challenge Magnus Carlsen for the World Chess Championship. Though Karjakin lost this match to Carlsen in November 2016, he still has aspirations to challenge the champion in the future.

Karjakin played one of the best games of his career against Caruana at the 2016 Candidates' Tournament. This fighting, back-and-forth game shows the trademark style of Karjakin.

At the age of 12 years, 7 months, and 17 days, Indian prodigy GM Gukesh Dommaraju (or Gukesh D.) became the second youngest grandmaster in chess history. He scored his third grandmaster norm at the 17thDelhi International Chess Grandmaster Openin New Delhi, India.Gukesh's talent was spotted by his first and school coach Mr. Bhaskar, who made sure little Gukesh became a FIDE rated player within six months of learning the game!

Gukesh played his last game as an International Master, winning this game to earn his final grandmaster norm.

When GM Javokhir Sindarov earned the grandmaster title, he was the first player since Karjakin to reach the title before he turned 13! The Uzbek youngster earned each of his three norms in one year at the 2018 Alekhine Memorial, the FIDE World Junior Championship and the First Saturday Tournament.

Sindarov earned his final grandmaster norm at the First Saturday Tournament in Budapest, Hungary, where he recovered from a first-round loss, going on a 7/8 run in his remaining games.

At the age of12 years, 10months, and 13 days, Indian prodigy GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu became the then second youngest grandmaster in chess history. He scored his third grandmaster norm at the fourth Gredine open in Ortisei, Italy.

Praggnanandhaa first made his name known by winning continental (Asian) championships and two world championship titles. Praggnanandhaa was also theworld's youngest international master at 10 years old, a record he still holds.

Having already earned his final GM norm in the Gredine open, the Indian prodigy beat GM Roeland Pruijssers to finish a record-breaking tournament performance:

GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov's name made headlines first when he defeated two grandmasters at the age of nine, in 2014 at the Tashkent Open. He scored his first GM norm in the 2016 Chigorin Memorial and then went on to achieve his second in Abu Dhabi in August 2017. He is by far the biggest Uzbek talent sinceRustam Kasimdzhanov, who won the 2004 FIDE Knockout World Championship in Tripoli.

Abdusattorov earned his final grandmaster norm at the Chigorin Memorial, where he beat both GMs S. P. Sethuraman and Evgeny Levin.

Now a PhD student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, GM Parimarjan Negi earned the grandmaster title back in 2006 when he was just 13 years old. Since he got the title, Negi has won the Arjuna Award (2010) from the Indian government, the Indian and Asian Chess Championships, and was a member of the 2014 bronze medal-winning team at the Olympiad for India.

Negi's performance in this win against GM Ragger was a fantastic demonstration on how to beat the Caro-Kann, as White's pressure throughout the game was constant.

Nicknamed the "Mozart of Chess," GM Magnus Carlsenis in a league of his own. The reigning world champion's rating has skyrocketed past Garry Kasparovs previous record of 2851 to an unfathomably high 2882. With fierce determination and a palpable will to win, he has dazzled fans with his ability to out-work his opponents and find computer-like moves in his games time after time.

While Carlsen is most known for grinding out wins in near-equal endgames, his most famous game might be his draw against Garry Kasparov, when he was just 13 years old.

GM Wei Yi has broken all kinds of rating and age records throughout his lifetime. He is also the 2nd youngest player in history to break the 2600 rating barrier, after John M. Burke.

Wei's quick progress is apparent, earning both the international master and grandmaster titles in the same year. He was the worlds youngest grandmaster when he earned the title, being only 13 years 8 months and 23 days old.

This game is perhaps Wei Yi's most famous win, as he played with his true attacking style against GM Lazaro Bruzon in the 2015 Danzhou Tournament:

GM-elect Andy Woodward will be the 10th-youngest in history and the youngest in the world when confirmed by FIDE at their next conference.

GM Raunak Sadhwani is currently India's fourth youngest ever grandmaster.While also getting is Elo over 2500, Sadhwani scored his third grandmaster norm in the FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss in October 2019 in Isle of Man.

Sadhwani ended up scoring 50 percent in a strong field. His opponents were GMs Sanan Sjugirov, Sergey Karjakin, Surya Ganguly, Ivan Saric, Pavel Eljanov, Peter Leko, Gabriel Sargissian, Markus Ragger, Alexander Motylev, Bassem Amin and Maksim Chigaev.

Here's how he defeated former European Champion Alexander Motylev:

GM Bu Xiangzhi earned his title in 1999, making him the youngest GM in chess history when he broke the record (Karjakin would break the record in 2002). Bu won the Chinese Chess Championship in 2004, and has since represented China in four Olympiads, including the 2018 Olympiad where China won gold.

A well-known talent, Bu made more headlines in 2017 when he eliminated Magnus Carlsen in the World Cup, and then beat the world champion again in the World Rapid Championship later that same year.

Only six female players have successfully broken the grandmaster barrier before turning twenty.

Four-time women's world chess champion GM Hou Yifan also holds the record for the fastest any female player has reached the GM title, at just 14 years and 5 months. The Chinese grandmaster is the third woman to ever break the top 100 live rating list, behind GMs Maia Chiburdanidze and Judit Polgar.

Hou has played in many elite invitational events, including the Tata Steel Chess tournament where she beat GM Anish Giri with the Black pieces:

When GM Humpy Koneru made the grandmaster title in 2002, she broke the record for fastest woman to reach the GM title at just 15 years and 1 month. In 2011, the Indian grandmaster was the challenger for the women's world championship title, where she lost to Hou Yifan. Over fifteen years later, Koneru is still one of the best female players in the world.

One of Koneru's best wins came against Peruvian grandmaster Julio Granda Zuniga, where the final position is a worthy Puzzle Rush tactic!

GM Judit Polgar is the only female player to have ever broken 2700 and is the strongest women's chess player of all-time. Polgar is now retired, but has beaten players like Magnus Carlsen, Anatoly Karpov, Garry Kasparov, Vladimir Kramnik, and many others.

There is no game in Judit Polgar's career that is more famous than her victory over Garry Kasparov in 2002.

Currently the fourth best female chess player in the world, GM Kateryna Lagno has broken records on her way to the top of competitive womens chess. Lagno won the European women's championship in both 2005 and 2008, and played in the 2018 women's world championship against GM Ju Wenjun.

Here's a crushing win of Lagno's against former women's world champion Alexandra Kosteniuk:

GM Aleksandra Goryachkina has taken the chess world by storm. At just 20 years old, the Russian grandmaster has already broken the top 10 women's list. In 2015, she won the Russian women's championship superfinal. The Russian grandmaster repeated the feat in 2017.

While perhaps not her toughest opponent, Goryachkina showed how dangerous she can be in this display against the Stonewall Dutch:

GM Lei Tingjie is one of the strongest female players in China. Lei has participated in a myriad of team events for China that have resulted in gold medals: the Asian Nations Cup (2016), the Batumi Olympiad (2018) and the World Team Championship (2019).

Here's a game Lei won in the 2017 World Rapid Championships with Black, a complete positional masterclass from start to finish!

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Virgo (23rd August to 22nd September) Monthly Horoscope Prediction says,Embrace New Beginnings and Inner Growth

July brings opportunities for personal growth and relationship harmony for Virgos. Embrace change and focus on self-improvement.

This month, Virgos will experience positive changes in various aspects of life, including love, career, and health. Embrace new beginnings and focus on nurturing yourself and your relationships for overall growth and happiness.

Virgos can expect a harmonious month in love. For those in relationships, mutual understanding and deeper connection will flourish, enhancing the bond with your partner. Single Virgos might find new romantic interests through social gatherings or mutual friends. The key to a successful love life this month is communication. Open, honest discussions can resolve past misunderstandings and lay the groundwork for future stability. Embrace vulnerability and let your true feelings show, which will invite genuine connections and deepen existing relationships.

Your professional life looks promising this July, Virgo. New opportunities for growth and advancement may come your way. It's a great time to showcase your skills and take on new projects. Your meticulous nature and attention to detail will impress superiors and colleagues alike. However, avoid overcommitting and ensure you maintain a healthy work-life balance. Networking can play a crucial role this month, so engage with peers and mentors to gain new insights and opportunities. Stay organized and focused to achieve your career goals.

Financial stability is on the horizon for Virgos this month. Careful planning and budgeting will help you manage expenses and save for the future. You may find new income sources or opportunities to increase your earnings. Avoid impulsive spending and make informed decisions regarding investments. Seek advice from financial experts if necessary to ensure you're on the right track. Keep an eye on your long-term financial goals and work towards them steadily. With prudent management, you can enjoy a secure financial outlook.

Health and wellness take center stage for Virgos this month. It's an excellent time to adopt healthier habits and routines. Focus on balanced nutrition, regular exercise, and adequate rest to boost your overall well-being. Mental health is equally important, so consider practices like meditation or yoga to maintain inner peace. If you've been ignoring any lingering health issues, now is the time to address them. Consult healthcare professionals as needed. Prioritize self-care and listen to your body's needs to maintain optimal health throughout the month.

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Todays planetary alignment prompts you to search for answers to the unknown. You may have a sudden desire to lock yourself up and take some time off to think about things that have happened to you and discover more about yourself. Dont be afraid of this period of solitude, and use it to discover yourself. It is also good to let go of any stress or negative energy you may have been harbouring in your system. Forgive yourself and others, and try not to hold grudges in your heart. Aquarius Love Horoscope TodayToday, Aquarius, the cosmic energies invite you to concentrate on developing profound bonds in your relationships. This is the perfect opportunity for single people to get out of their comfort zone and start new relationships. It might be useful to go to places or join organisations where people with similar beliefs can be found. Regarding relationships, do not be afraid to step out of your comfort zone and be ready to embrace the unknown, as this will create bonds. In a steady relationship, the best way to improve the relationship is by being truthful with your partner. Aquarius Career Horoscope TodayToday, Aquarius, the stars are aligned to give you the green light to go ahead and pursue personal development. This is a perfect time for the employees to start searching for a new job and be more active. Reconnect with your connections and diversify your search for new positions. Be ready for new prospects that may present themselves to you since they may be promising in your career. For working professionals, it is time to prove yourself to your superiors and demonstrate your skills and talents to the maximum. Aquarius Money Horoscope TodayToday, Aquarius's attention is drawn to the financial sector, encouraging you to look at your earnings, savings, and expenses more carefully. If there are any large financial choices that you have been thinking about making, such as investing in a new business or buying a product, then today is a good day for action. Regarding your income and earnings, you may want to think about how to make yourself more financially secure. It could be as simple as trying to find an additional source of income or asking for a pay rise at the workplace. Aquarius Health Horoscope TodayToday, Aquarius, the energies are focused on your well-being. When it comes to your health, todays horoscope advises that you should exercise. You can also include new forms of exercise that you have not practised before, such as yoga, dancing, or hiking. It is also important to understand your body and not overwork it because even in training, one needs to have rest days.

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The work done by Canadian singer/songwriter Kathleen Edwards has been consistently exemplary, even if her career trajectory has been a bit atypical. We could reach into her catalog and find any number of stellar songs worthy of a deep dive, but Asking for Flowers, the title track of her outstanding 2008 album, feels like a particularly dizzying high point.

What is the song about? And what inspired Edwards to write it? Lets take a look back at the meaning and story of Kathleen Edwards Asking for Flowers.

Go through music history and youll find many examples of an artist or a band hitting a peak on their third album. Its not to say Kathleen Edwards first two albums (Failer in 2003 and Back to Me in 2005) were slouches. But Asking for Flowers found her on the improve in just about every way, which is why you can put it on the short list of best albums in both the singer/songwriter and alt-country genres of the past quarter-century or so.

Working with producer Jim Ross, Edwards delivered a rich and varied set of songs. She could be rollicking and funny, as on Ill Make the Dough, You Get the Glory. But she could also tackle the most serious of subjects, as on the true-life tale of Alicia Ross.

At the emotional center of it is Asking for Flowers, a mid-tempo meditation that touches on relationship angst and depression with striking accuracy and heartfelt empathy. Edwards explained to the blog Aquarium Drunkard what inspired the song:

Asking for Flowers was a song I wrote for one of my really close friends. She actually, during this time off I had, was going through a really tough time and has struggled for years with physical and emotional problems. I went to see her at probably one of her hardest times and she told me that her life had been like asking for flowers with some of the judgments and feelings of inadequacy that she had lived with all these years. That the idea of giving somebody compassion and giving them their time without judgment, living a life of asking for flowers. I asked her what that meant and she said being with somebody who just wants to bring them to you and you shouldnt have to ask for them. Someone should want to just bring them to you.

While the song and album should have been a springboard for Edwards, she only released one more LP before going on a hiatus where she contemplated quitting music. Luckily for fans, she returned in 2020 after an eight-year break with the album Total Freedom, which showed he had lost nothing off her fastball.

While Asking for Flowers may have been inspired by the struggles of a friend, Edwards gets deep inside the character like only the best songwriters can do. The first line, Its complicated, seems simple enough, but it sets an important tone. It establishes the difficulty the narrator has in explaining her feelings, and perhaps even some reticence to open up like shes about to do.

Edwards doesnt treat this characters plight lightly. Thats the right move, because its a message that we should never take these situations with a grain of salt when we encounter them in our own lives. Its like a noose around my life, the protagonist complains about the departure of the person who was supposed to be her biggest confidant. Its a devastating betrayal.

In the throes of her sadness, she starts to lose her connection to anything that might properly orient her: Now Im trying to remember / All the names of the faces I loved. She also carries around some blame, perhaps misplaced, for her role in all this, calling herself A walking declaration / Of everything I couldnt get right.

The refrains are reserved for the narrator running down the list of all the efforts shes made to meet the person shes addressing halfway: Every pill I took in vain / Every meal for you I made / Every penny I put away. In the final chorus, she adds a few more items: Every card I signed my name / Every time I poured my heart out. She repeats the last item, which highlights the disparity in the relationship, for emphasis: Every cruel word you let just slip out.

By this point, Edwards voice is quivering with anger, but she returns to a more restrained mode to deliver her final argument: Dont tell me youre too tired / Ten years Ive been working nights. That last phrase is likely both literal, in terms of an actual occupation, and figurative, in that shes worked so hard in vain for so little in return.

So many songs attempt to highlight the resilience of a character, and thats surely admirable. With Asking for Flowers, Kathleen Edwards details that point in someones life when even resilience might not be enough, when suffering is unavoidable, and the help of others is required. How brave of her to take us into that head and heart space.

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Employees yearn for appreciation for their hard work. Good leaders understand this and always strive to prioritize, support, and thank their employees for going above and beyond. Thus, to urge all leaders to do the same, we have curated a list of the best employee recognition quotes.

We know that employee recognition doesn't come easy. But, with the right mix of rewards and recognition, you might be able to win half of the battle.

But the question is how? How can you express your gratitude and appreciate your employees, and increase engagement? Nothing, in our opinion, can be more meaningful than some good old words.

Even if you lack the funds for a conventional recognition program, the simple act of praising your coworkers may make a big difference in their happiness and boost their joy to work.

You never know when a moment and a few sincere words can have an impact on life. ~ Zig Ziglar

It's very inexpensive to give a compliment. ~ Joyce Meyer

Keep your eyes open and try to catch people in your company doing something right, then praise them for it. ~ Tom Hopkins

Feedback is the breakfast of champions. ~ Ken Blanchard

Nothing is more effective than sincere, accurate praise, and nothing is more lame than a cookie-cutter compliment. ~ Bill Walsh

I have always believed that the way you treat your employees is the way will treat your customers and that people flourish when they are praised. ~ Richard Branson

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius. ~ Arthur Conan Doyle

A brave man acknowledges the strength of others. ~ Veronica Roth

Employees who report receiving recognition and praise within the last seven days show increased productivity, get higher scores from customers, and have better safety records. They're just more engaged at work. ~ Tom Rath

I think you need to love giving compliments as much as you love receiving them. ~ Yami Gautam

What gets recognized gets reinforced, and what gets reinforced gets repeated. ~ Anonymous

Brains, like hearts, go where they are appreciated. ~ Robert McNamara

Recognize and affirm people when they contribute to the mission you share. Do this, and you will ignite their purpose and potential. ~ Mike Byam

Take time to appreciate employees, and they will reciprocate in a thousand ways. ~ Bob Nelson

I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. ~ G.K. Chesteron

A culture of gratitude helps people realize how truly fortunate they are and instills a desire to pay that forward. ~ Karl Sun

If you don't create a great, rewarding place for people to work, they won't do great work. ~ Ari Weinzweig

Employees who believe that management is concerned about them as a whole person - not just an employee - are more productive, more satisfied, more fulfilled. Satisfied employees mean satisfied customers, which leads to profitability. ~ Anne M. Mulcahy

The way to develop the best that is in a person is by appreciation and encouragement. ~ Charles Schwab

People work for money but go the extra mile for recognition, praise and rewards. ~ Dale Carnegie

Good work requires an appreciation of the value of routine, ordinary, mundane rhythms of doing what needs to be done, each day and each week, thoroughly and with care. ~ Gordon T. Smith

You need to be aware of what others are doing, applaud their efforts, acknowledge their successes, and encourage them in their pursuits. When we all help one another, everybody wins. ~ Jim Stovall

You become strong by lifting others up, not pulling them down. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well. ~ Voltaire

Treat your employees like an investment, not a cost. ~ Dan Sullivan

Everyone wants to be appreciated, so if you appreciate someone, don't keep it a secret. ~ Mary Kay Ash

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. ~ Maya Angelou

A boss wants to pay for results, an employee wants recognition for effort. If a boss recognizes effort, they will get even better results. ~ Simon Sinek

When an employee truly understands the meaning of his work and gets recognition for his efforts, he performs the best. ~ Abhishek Ratna

A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better. ~ Jim Rohn

Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen. ~ Michael Jordan.

To win in the marketplace you must first win in the workplace. ~ Doug Conant

Recognition is not a scarce resource. You can't use it up or run out of it. ~ Susan M. Heathfield

If you do not treat people with the respect they deserve, do not expect any kind of commitment to your productivity goals and target. ~ Ian Fuhr

There is more hunger for love and appreciation in this world than for bread. ~ Mother Teresa

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit. ~ Aristotle

Mary Kay knew that when you put people first and then surround them with processes and disciplines that recognize their efforts, performance will soar. ~ David C. Novak

I have always believed that the way you treat your employees is the way they will treat your customers, and that people flourish when they are praised. ~ Sir Richard Branson

Youve got to get your team to not only understand your company brand, but also to understand their personal brand. ~ Amber Hurdle

Realize that employees and the customers both have to be engaged, at the same time, to move your business forward for sustainable success. ~ Robert G. Thompson

In behavioral economic terms, when we offer recognition we are acknowledging that the recipients have met a social ideal. They are behaving in a certain manner because they believe is the right thing to do. If we then recognize that behavior with praise or appreciation, we offer a confirmation that their behavior is desirable, and do so in a manner that recipients find meaningful. ~ Cindy Ventrice

When a manager recognizes an employees behavior, personally and sincerely, both feel proud, gratified, and happy. Theres a human connection that transcends the immediate culture to create a shared bond. The power of this bond is stronger than you might think; indeed, its the power that holds together great organizational cultures. ~ Erik Mosley and Derek Irvine

Correction does much, but encouragement does more. ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

If people did not compliment one another there would be little society. ~ Luc de Clapiers

What every genuine philosopher (every genuine man, in fact) craves most is praise although the philosophers generally call it recognition! ~ William James

Praise does wonders for our sense of hearing. ~ Arnold H. Glasow

Nothing else can quite substitute for a few well-chosen, well-timed, sincere words of praise. Theyre absolutely free and worth a fortune. ~ Sam Walton

Note how good you feel after you have encouraged someone else. No other argument is necessary to suggest that never miss the opportunity to give encouragement. ~ George Adams

Being told something positive about yourself, whether from someone youre close to, or a passing acquaintance, should really lift the spirits. Just the fact that someone has taken the time to let you know, should have you feeling noticed and appreciated. ~ Paul Bailey

Always treat your employees exactly as you want them to treat your best customers. ~ Stephen R. Covey

Appreciation is the highest form of prayer, for it acknowledges the presence of good wherever you shine the light of your thankful thoughts. ~ Alan Cohen

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Feeling grateful or appreciative of someone or something in your life actually attracts more of the things that you appreciate and value into your life. ~ Northrup Christiane

Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy. ~ Jacques Maritain

It is a sign of mediocrity when you demonstrate gratitude with moderation. ~ Roberto Benigni

Feeling gratitude, and not expressing it, is like wrapping a present and not giving it. ~ William Arthur Ward

Life isnt about getting and having; its about giving and being. ~ Kevin Kruse

Even a brief interaction can change the way people think about themselves, their leaders, and the future. Each of those many connections you make has the potential to become a high point or a low point in someones day. ~ Douglas Conant

Paychecks cant buy passion. ~ Brad Federman

People want to be appreciated, cared for, loved, trusted, and respected. But they also want to be understood, and if you master the skills to achieve that, you truly become exceptional. ~ Joe Navarro

Gratitude is a currency that we can mint for ourselves, and spend without fear of bankruptcy. ~ Fred De Witt Van Amburgh

At times, our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us. ~ Albert Schweitzer

Showing gratitude is one of the simplest yet most powerful things humans can do for each other. ~ Randy Pausch

Develop an attitude of gratitude. Say thank you to everyone you meet for everything they do for you. ~ Brian Tracy

No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks. ~ James Allen

The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest. ~ William Blake

If you are really thankful, what do you do? You share. ~ W. Clement Stone

Appreciation can make a day, even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary. ~ Margaret Cousins

I was very pleased with your kind letter. Until now I never dreamed of being something like a hero. But since youve given me the nomination I feel that I am one. ~ Albert Einstein

Thanks will be a worthless word until a person tells it from heart. When a person thanks someone with full heart then the word will be big and worthy word and will have full meaning to the person. Or else it will remain small and valueless word if a person says it just for saying. ~ Salman Aziz

Dont forget, a persons greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. ~ H. Jackson Brown Jr.

The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated. ~ William James

It does not matter who is in your team, what matters is who they will become because of you. ~ Sunday Adelaja

Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a mans growth without destroying his roots. ~ Frank A. Clark

Everybody is looking for validation, no matter who you are, and I think that's a need of the human condition - to look for affection or recognition or validation. ~ Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

People want to be understood and respected as individuals. Years ago, an executive editor of mine said, You should count the number of times you praise somebody and then double that. Even the toughest, steeliest writer or editor often really wants to be told, Hey, that was a great piece. Early in my career as a manager, it probably took me a while to realize that everyone wants that. Its just a human need. ~ Cindi Leive

Make sure everybody in the company has great opportunities, has meaningful impact and is contributing to the good of the society. ~ Larry Page

People are the most important thing. Business model and product will follow if you have the right people. ~ Adam Neumann

What we need to do is always lean into the future; when the world changes around you and when it changes against you- what used to be your tail wind is now your head wind. You have to lean into that and figure out what to do, because complaining isnt a strategy. ~ Jeff Bezos

Treat your employee right so they wont use your Internet to look for new jobs. ~ Mark Zuckerberg

The way your employees feel is the way your customers feel. And if your employees dont feel valued, neither will your customers. ~ Sybil F. Stershic

Productivity of work is not the responsibility of the worker but of the manager. ~ Peter F. Drucker

If I had to run a company on three measures, those measures would be customer satisfaction, employee satisfaction and cash flow. ~ Jack Welch

Every employee can affect your companys brand, not just the frontline employees that are paid to talk to your customers. ~ Tony Hsieh

Motivating employees to work at their full potential is the main premise of successful management. ~ Eraldo Banovac

Good management consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people. ~ John D. Rockefeller

At the end of the day, you bet on people, not on strategies. ~ Lawrence Bossidy

In order to build a rewarding employee experience, you need to understand what matters to your people. ~ Julie Bevacqua

Human resources isnt a thing we do. Its a thing that runs our business. ~ Steve Wynn

Treating employees benevolently shouldnt be viewed as an added cost that cuts into profit, but as a powerful energizer that can grow the enterprise into something far greater than the leader could envision. ~ Howard Schultz

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In recent times, the cryptocurrency market has been beset by volatility, providing a fascinating, yet unpredictable, landscape for those involved. One such crypto that has been making waves recently is the Binance Coin (BNB). Im going to delve into why BNB price is up today and what the future could potentially hold for this cryptocurrency heavyweight.

Binance Coins notable price surge can largely be attributed to a few factors. Firstly, Binance is one of the worlds leading cryptocurrency exchanges, and this naturally contributes to the popularity of its native token, BNB. Theres always an inherent interest in native tokens of top exchanges, and BNB is not an exception to this phenomenon.

Another major factor is the Binance Smart Chain. Binance Smart Chain is an independent blockchain that runs parallel to the Binance Chain and extends its functionality to enable the execution of smart contracts and the staking mechanism for BNB. This has contributed significantly to the BNBs value by increasing its functionality and use cases.

To make an objective prediction for BNBs future, one should examine market trends and speak to experts. That said, its important to remember that even the most careful analysis cant produce absolute certainty in such a volatile market. Based on available information, however, BNB has experienced consistent growth since its inception in 2017, which could suggest a positive future trajectory.

As we all know, the value of crypto does not rest solely on its market price. Its utility plays an equally crucial role. In terms of utility, BNB seems poised for continued success. The Binance Smart Chains increased functionality gives developers an attractive base for new decentralized applications (dApps), a factor that could further drive the popularity and therefore value of BNB.

In the end, the cryptocurrency market is an ever-evolving landscape, colored by sporadic ups and downs. A close eye should be kept on trends and developments, such as those related to Binance Coin. Remember that critical thinking and risk management should always be at the forefront of investment decisions. At the same time, never dismiss the value of information and market analysis. The future is unpredictable but understanding trends and factors can help us navigate through the intriguing world of cryptocurrencies.

Jake Morrison is an insightful cryptocurrency journalist and analyst, renowned for his deep understanding of the volatile and fascinating world of digital currencies. At 30 years old, Jake combines a background in Computer Science, with a degree from a reputable tech college, and a passion for decentralized finance, making him a prominent figure in the crypto journalism landscape.

Starting his career as a software developer with a focus on blockchain technologies, Jake quickly realized that his true calling lay in educating others about the potential and pitfalls of cryptocurrencies. Transitioning to journalism, he now serves as a leading voice for a major online financial news platform, specializing in the crypto category.

Jakes articles are a blend of technical analysis, market predictions, and feature stories on the latest in blockchain innovation. He has a talent for breaking down complex crypto concepts into understandable terms, making his writing accessible to both seasoned traders and crypto novices alike. His coverage spans a wide range, from Bitcoin and Ethereum to lesser-known altcoins, as well as the evolving regulatory landscape surrounding digital currencies.

What sets Jake apart is his critical approach to the hype that often surrounds the crypto space. He emphasizes the importance of due diligence and risk management, providing his readers with the tools they need to navigate the market intelligently. His investigative pieces on crypto scams and security breaches have been instrumental in raising awareness about the importance of security in digital asset investments.

Beyond his writing, Jake is an active participant in crypto conferences and online forums, where he shares his expertise and engages with the community. He also hosts a popular podcast that delves into the latest crypto trends, featuring interviews with leading figures in the blockchain space.

Jakes commitment to transparency and education in the cryptocurrency world has made him a trusted source of information and analysis. Through his work, he aims to foster a more informed and cautious approach to cryptocurrency investment, contributing to the maturity of the space.

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