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Nationally, 83 percent of all children aged 6 to 17 participated in at least one extracurricular activity, including clubs, sports, or lessons, in 2022. The NFHS, based in Indianapolis, Indiana, is the national leader and advocate for high school athletics as well as fine and performing arts programs. Within our 51 member state associations (including Washington, D.C.), we serve 19,500 high school...

One of Gallup's most significant findings is that 70% of the variance in employee engagement can be attributed to managers. As a Keynote Speaker and Performance Consultant  Jake Thompson helps Leaders Increase Their Performance & Their Teams Gain a Competitive Edge. “I teach people how to compete every day with themselves. By winning the day, we win in business and in life. Through lived experienc...

Gaining clarity in your life professionally and personally means you have a personal level of expectation for yourself and you’re unwilling to settle for the substandard of what is perceived as normal.  Your invested in the process of your own personal growth. For professional speaker Ant Blair he helps speakers and other entrepreneurs Automate their marketing and sell more training. He is an easy...

According to research from the Global WebIndex it indicates 59% of the global population is actively engaged on social  media. The average time per day spent on various social media platforms is 2 hours and 31 minutes. Meanwhile additional research conducted by the Presswire found Over two-thirds of small businesses (67%) use social media tools. Small businesses found that social media (25%), thei...

Data from the American College of Sports Medicine indicates that 35% of elite athletes struggle with eating disorders, burnout, depression, or anxiety. That said, conversations about mental wellness have become more prevalent and commonplace. Colton Olson, PhD is the Mental Skills Coordinator for the Colorado Rockies. He’s an Accomplished educator and mental skills professional with experience pro...

Nearly 1 in 10 LGBTQ people in the United States experienced workplace discrimination in the last year, and almost half faced employment bias at some point in their careers, according to a new survey. The findings were published Tuesday in a report titled LGBT People’s Experiences of Workplace Discrimination and Harassment by the Williams Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles, Sch...

According to research conducted by Bredin, 39% of small to medium business owners are listening to podcasts. With that said, 65% of that pool listens to at least one episode a week. The bigger the brand, the bigger the scope for listenership. Research shows that 70-72% of owners of businesses with 100 to 500 employees are regularly tuning into podcasts. If your business is fixed within an industry...

In one survey, published in Psychology Today 80 percent of working adults—both with and without children—wished that they had more time to spend with their friends and family. Scientists have even coined the term “time famine” to describe the pervasive feeling of being overwhelmed with the demands of work and life. For Laurie Kaplan “As an epigenetic lifestyle coach, I create bespoke health and we...

Every year, worldwide, alcohol is the cause of 5.3% of deaths (or 1 in every 20). About 300 million people throughout the world have an alcohol use disorder, according to the Addiction Center. For Magdalena Gustafsson “How I went from an insecure binge drinking mum, Stuck in addiction and in an abusive relationship. Insecure, full of fear and stuck with excuses and anxiety. I had Dreams but no act...

According to the Center  for American Progress at least one and four American children and adolescence will experience some sort of adversity during the course of their lifetime Which undoubtedly increases with age. It more than doubles in infants  younger than one this stands at approximately 5% and for children older than two it comes in at roughly 11%.  Jack Sernett  is a keynote speaker, perso...

How many blind people in the world in 2022? The World Health Organization Reports: This 1 billion people include those with moderate or severe distance vision impairment or blindness due to unaddressed refractive error (88.4 million), cataract (94 million), age-related macular degeneration (8 million), glaucoma (7.7 million), diabetic retinopathy (3.9 million) (1), as well as near vision impairmen...

According to a Morning Consult Poll conducted in October 2022: · A college education is widely perceived as unaffordable for most Americans, with 77% of U.S. adults saying a college degree would be difficult for someone like them to afford. · 82% of women said a college degree would be difficult to afford, compared with 73% of men. · Roughly 4 in 5 Black and Hispanic adults said college would be d...

The Pollfish survey commissioned by UpCity found that just 44% of businesses currently have an SEO strategy in place and 34% have made it a priority to do so in 2022.  Pat Ahern  has been working since 2012 on building bootstrapped businesses. Most failed.  "I've learned a lot from those failures. In 2016, I started what is now Intergrowth, an SEO-centric content marketing agency. We bootstrapped...

Pumble  is a free team chat app that allows teams of all sizes to collaborate. Unlike other team chat apps, Pumble is available for an unlimited number of users for free. According to the app Workplace communication statistics show that 86% of employees and executives cite the lack of effective collaboration and communication as the main causes for workplace failures. Faith Wood is stable, trustwo...

Practice does not make perfect. Perfect  practice makes perfect. it's the motto and rallying cry  at Louisville Slugger Hitting Science Center. The Louisville Slugger Hitting Science Center’s goal is to help players learn more about themselves, train to their strengths, reduce their weaknesses, increase their opportunities and diminish risks in order to take their game to the next level utilizing...

In today’s world of work, no matter the field you enter whether you’re a successful entrepreneur or the CEO of a Fortune 500  company, we're  looking for the newest line of thinking which provides us with a competitive advantage over our competition.  Which would help us improve productivity, profitability and  workplace performance however, to take advantage of this new line of thinking in your b...

More than 75 percent of Americans aren't getting enough exercise, according to CDC standards, according to Fox News. Meanwhile, according to an August 31, 2021, study published by Florida Atlantic University approximately, 40 percent of Americans 75 and older are entirely inactive. The importance of physical activity is well recognized by both science and the public. Bobby Aldridge is a Physiother...

Increasingly, many people in the U.S. and around the world identify as neurodivergent. Research suggests that up to 15-20% of the U.S. population is neurodivergent, according to Employer Assistance  Resource Network for Inclusion and Diversity. You likely know, work with and socialize with a significant number of people who are neurodivergent, including family members, coworkers, colleagues and fr...

The popularity of your offering will dictate the viability of your longevity. And for baseball it’s a question they’ve been wrestling with for years. TheScore reports MLB, like all entertainment businesses, is trying to grow revenues and add new fans. One big problem: its paying customer base is shrinking unlike other sports. MLB's on pace for its worst attendance season in a year not dramatically...

Over 180,000 more small businesses opened than closed in the last year. From March 2020 to March 2021, approximately 1.1 million new small businesses opened, according to data from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). That is 180,528 more small businesses that opened within this timeframe than close, according to Forbes. Samuel Smith has always been in business, from mowing yards and deli...

The diversification of your interests allows you to explore other possibilities of maximizing your potential ones you might have not turned the rock over to explore. For Scott Smith there is plenty more to life then his 9 to 5 job as an Attorney, CEO Founder of Royal Legal Solutions. Yes, Scott became an entrepreneur while still in law school, purchasing and running an auto mechanic shop, to pay h...

It’s estimated by Thrive Business Strategies only 23% of small business owners have a strategic plan in place to operate their business effectively and help them make the critical decisions necessary to run a successful business.  Alex Brueckmann is an entrepreneur, author of two books, and keynote speaker helping business owners create intentional strategies to the life and business they want. “M...

My friends I want to take a moment and pose to you a relevant and resourceful question about resilience. Are you one of those people who believes you have the fortitude and wherewithal to push through adversity and overcome the obstacles which stand in the way of progress? Could you use some motivational encouragement to accomplish such a goal? If so, today your in the right place because I had a...

According to the newly released report, more than half (59%) of American workers are experiencing at least moderate levels of burnout, a notable increase over 2021 (52%) and on par with the levels reported in 2020 at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the 2022-2023 Aflac WorkForces Report. For LJ  Sarkodee. I’m a former corporate sales executive and sales recruiter turned freelance...

What if I told you, you could make $180 million in real estate by the age of 22?  Your next question would probably be where do I sign up for this? For Luc Lising he doesn’t have to sign up for any seminar or a subscription to get this done. He’s a real Estate agent  he’s a Filipino-Canadian businessman from Toronto, Ontario, who started his real estate career at the age of 18. He is in the Top 1%...