#sustainable success

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The Hidden Secrets to Achieving Unstoppable and Sustainable Business Growth

The secrets of business growth are often intertwined with strategy, innovation, customer satisfaction, and adaptability. Here are some key elements to consider for sustainable business growth:

Clear Vision and Strategy

A clear vision and strategy are essential for growth. Set long-term goals that define where you want your business to be in the next 5-10 years. Having a clear direction helps you focus on growth opportunities. Develop a strategic plan that outlines your growth objectives and the steps to achieve them. This includes market research, competitive analysis, and resource allocation. Read more

[ispdhub]

Unlock the key truths of sales success with this insightful guide. This image highlights essential elements for effective selling, including relationship building, quality interactions, leveraging diverse approaches, and career advancement. Perfect for sales professionals and entrepreneurs aiming to enhance their approach and achieve sustainable success. Learn more at ispdhub.com.

[borngeniusworld]

The Unusual Billionaires

“The Unusual Billionaires” by Saurabh Mukherjea explores seven successful companies in India that have achieved remarkable growth and resilience over time. Key Lessons: 1. Focus on Long-Term Growth, Not Short-Term Gains: Companies like Asian Paints and HDFC Bank focused on sustainable long-term growth by building strong systems, rather than chasing quick profits. Lesson: Consistency and…

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[reasonsforhope]

Here's the top 2 stories from each of Fix The News's six categories:

1. A game-changing HIV drug was the biggest story of 2024

In what Science called the 'breakthrough of the year', researchers revealed in June that a twice-yearly drug called lenacapavir reduced HIV infections in a trial in Africa to zero—an astonishing 100% efficacy, and the closest thing to a vaccine in four decades of research. Things moved quick; by October, the maker of the drug, Gilead, had agreed to produce an affordable version for 120 resource-limited countries, and by December trials were underway for a version that could prevent infection with just a single shot per year. 'I got cold shivers. After all our years of sadness, particularly over vaccines, this truly is surreal.'

2. Another incredible year for disease elimination

Jordan became the first country to eliminate leprosy, Chad eliminated sleeping sickness, Guinea eliminated maternal and neonatal tetanus, Belize, Jamaica, and Saint Vincent & the Grenadines eliminated mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis, India achieved the WHO target for eliminating black fever, India, Viet Nam and Pakistan eliminated trachoma, the world’s leading infectious cause of blindness, and Brazil and Timor Leste eliminated elephantiasis.

15. The EU passed a landmark nature restoration law

When countries pass environmental legislation, it’s big news; when an entire continent mandates the protection of nature, it signals a profound shift. Under the new law, which passed on a knife-edge vote in June 2024, all 27 member states are legally required to restore at least 20% of land and sea by 2030, and degraded ecosystems by 2050. This is one of the world’s most ambitious pieces of legislation and it didn’t come easy; but the payoff will be huge - from tackling biodiversity loss and climate change to enhancing food security.

16. Deforestation in the Amazon halved in two years

Brazil’s space agency, INPE, confirmed a second consecutive year of declining deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. That means deforestation rates have roughly halved under Lula, and are now approaching all time lows. In Colombia, deforestation dropped by 36%, hitting a 23-year low. Bolivia created four new protected areas, a huge new new state park was created in Pará to protect some of the oldest and tallest tree species in the tropical Americas and a new study revealed that more of the Amazon is protected than we originally thought, with 62.4% of the rainforest now under some form of conservation management.

39. Millions more children got an education

Staggering statistics incoming: between 2000 and 2023, the number of children and adolescents not attending school fell by nearly 40%, and Eastern and Southern Africa, achieved gender parity in primary education, with 25 million more girls are enrolled in primary school today than in the early 2000s. Since 2015, an additional 110 million children have entered school worldwide, and 40 million more young people are completing secondary school.

40. We fed around a quarter of the world's kids at school

Around 480 million students are now getting fed at school, up from 319 million before the pandemic, and 104 countries have joined a global coalition to promote school meals, School feeding policies are now in place in 48 countries in Africa, and this year Nigeria announced plans to expand school meals to 20 million children by 2025, Kenya committed to expanding its program from two million to ten million children by the end of the decade, and Indonesia pledged to provide lunches to all 78 million of its students, in what will be the world's largest free school meals program.

50. Solar installations shattered all records

Global solar installations look set to reach an unprecedented 660GW in 2024, up 50% from 2023's previous record. The pace of deployment has become almost unfathomable - in 2010, it took a month to install a gigawatt, by 2016, a week, and in 2024, just 12 hours. Solar has become not just the cheapest form of new electricity in history, but the fastest-growing energy technology ever deployed, and the International Energy Agency said that the pace of deployment is now ahead of the trajectory required for net zero by 2050.  

51. Battery storage transformed the economics of renewables

Global battery storage capacity surged 76% in 2024, making investments in solar and wind energy much more attractive, and vice-versa. As with solar, the pace of change stunned even the most cynical observers. Price wars between the big Chinese manufacturers pushed battery costs to record lows, and global battery manufacturing capacity increased by 42%, setting the stage for future growth in both grid storage and electric vehicles - crucial for the clean flexibility required by a renewables-dominated electricity system. The world's first large-scale grid battery installation only went online seven years ago; by next year, global battery storage capacity will exceed that of pumped hydro.

65. Democracy proved remarkably resilient in a record year of elections

More than two billion people went to the polls this year, and democracy fared far better than most people expected, with solid voter turnout, limited election manipulation, and evidence of incumbent governments being tamed. It wasn't all good news, but Indonesia saw the world's biggest one day election, Indian voters rejected authoritarianism, South Korea's democratic institutions did the same, Bangladesh promised free and fair elections following a 'people's victory', Senegal, Sri Lanka and Botswana saw peaceful transfers of power to new leaders after decades of single party rule, and Syria saw the end of one of the world's most horrific authoritarian regimes.

66. Global leaders committed to ending violence against children

In early November, while the eyes of the world were on the US election, an event took place that may prove to be a far more consequential for humanity. Five countries pledged to end corporal punishment in all settings, two more pledged to end it in schools, and another 12, including Bangladesh and Nigeria, accepted recommendations earlier in the year to end corporal punishment of children in all settings. In total, in 2024 more than 100 countries made some kind of commitment to ending violence against children. Together, these countries are home to hundreds of millions of children, with the WHO calling the move a 'fundamental shift.'

73. Space exploration hit new milestones

NASA’s Europa Clipper began a 2.9 billion kilometre voyage to Jupiter to investigate a moon that may have conditions for life; astronomers identified an ice world with a possible atmosphere in the habitable zone; and the James Webb Telescope found the farthest known galaxy. Closer to Earth, China landed on the far side of the moon, the Polaris Dawn crew made a historic trip to orbit, and Starship moved closer to operational use – and maybe one day, to travel to Mars. 

74. Next-generation materials advanced

A mind-boggling year for material science. Artificial intelligence helped identify a solid-state electrolyte that could slash lithium use in batteries by 70%, and an Apple supplier announced a battery material that can deliver around 100 times better energy density. Researchers created an insulating synthetic sapphire material 1.25 nanometers thick, plus the world’s thinnest lens, just three atoms across. The world’s first functioning graphene-based semiconductor was unveiled (the long-awaited ‘wonder material’ may finally be coming of age!) and a team at Berkeley invented a fluffy yellow powder that could be a game changer for removing carbon from the atmosphere.

-via Fix The News, December 19, 2024

[motivationexploration]

The Power of Consistency: Unleashing Success through Persistent Action

In a world where instant gratification and overnight success stories dominate our attention, it’s easy to overlook the remarkable impact of consistency. Often, it is not the occasional bursts of effort or short-lived moments of brilliance that lead to true success, but rather the steadfast commitment to consistent action. In this article, we will explore the undeniable truth that success comes…

[bucksdaffy]

one of the many things i love about buck and tommy's relationship is how honest they are with each other. they are both willing to communicate openly – if there is some misunderstanding between the two of them, they clear it up. they express what they feel, want, and need in a straightforward way, and neither has to push the other to admit what's going on: they'll do it without being asked. personally, i think it's absolutely beautiful, and i just couldn't be happier for buck. he finally met someone who values honesty just as much as he does, and you can see how good that is for him. because let's be real, have we ever seen him this content with his previous love interests? icl, not rooting for them is just crazy at this point in my book.

[wildflowerteas]

the red camellia is undeniably soukoku's flower to me. they bloom in the cold, through snow and winter chill. they're at their most beautiful in the harshest conditions when everything else is dormant or dead. they're a symbol of perseverance and strength and passion. but at the end of the line, they 'behead' themselves when they die, refusing to drop petal by petal, choosing to go when they're still beautiful, refusing to compromise the rest of the tree by rotting on the branch.

[mildest]

it’s not perfectly 1:1 and i’m sure the team’s also exploring other themes but i like entertaining the idea of severance being a metaphor for the relationship between the imperial core and the global south. we’re all the same in essence. everybody has the same capacity for interiority but those with power have split us into two classes: a class of people whose worlds have been flattened to nothing in order to make them more easily exploitable and a class of people who materially benefit from that exploitation while having the privilege of never witnessing or even knowing about the full extent of what’s being sacrificed in their name. the exploited are forced to dedicate their lives to labor while never yielding its direct benefits and the people benefiting are promised more freedom to build their humanity outside labor. you are a person… they are not!

[ottersonice]

lowkey wished they talked about the attendance for regular games

[e-louise-bates]

I get frequently discouraged about my perceived lack of success with my books, so I am jotting down some small wins here to remind myself that it's not all about huge sales and hundreds of glowing reviews.

Pauline Gray Investigates finally has one review on Goodreads! The lack of ratings/reviews for the omnibus has been stressing me out, so this allows me to relax a little.

The copy of Magic Most Deadly I dropped off at a Little Free Library downtown a couple of weeks ago is no longer there, so someone must have been intrigued enough to pick it up to read. I hope they love it!

I have the opportunity to participate in a Maine authors' book festival later this summer. Nothing has been set in stone yet, but since getting connected with more Maine authors AND having more of a physical presence with my books in various places were two of my writer goals for this year, this is promising.

This month for the first time ever I sold more books through Draft2Digital than through Amazon.

Like I said, small wins, but enough small wins over time can add up to something more substantial and enduring than one big win.

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[shippingmyworld]

My brother's advice any time I vent to him about my job: "Become a streamer."

[mackenziehowler]

Honestly I think i'm giving up.

I'm giving up on my blog, it's just completely pointless.

I started this blog in May 2018 and over the course of last 6 years I gained just whopping 375 followers. I mean don't get me wrong I am very thankful for all of you who decided to stay here for the ride, but in the last two years i've seen the numbers go down few times.. And over time I see lesser and lesser increase each year and month.

It's just that every post comes with disappointment and it's been like that for years. And honestly I wouldn't mind that if there was at least a small but steady increase. Instead there's mostly stagnation.

Well, either way, again, huge thanks to all of you who liked my art, I greatly appreciate each one of you and can't thank enough for staying.

Few special thanks to: @warskunkwarroom - for giving hearts to I think more than 90% of my posts if not all of them since finding my blog! @askbananapie - obviously, I mean we all know them right? Thanks for being my first real follower and helping me reach more people when I started. @ask-donkey-in-trouble - for the few interactions we had and for being my mutual, I always loved your art and had huge respect for you and your skills. I'm always super flattered and honored when I see you appear in my activity notifications. @themarvelhorse - for the many hearts and reblogs, I noticed them and appreciated them all. @dreamdancer42 - for commissioning me like... 40 times seriously that's a ridiculous number and a HUGE support for me. And to everyone else who asked me for commissions, who talked to me, who sent me asks, who interacted with me and who was too afraid to interact with me, and to everyone who enjoyed my art.

Sorry to disappoint those of you who care, but I am just tired after a six year long struggle. I suck at social media and that's just that. 375 is not very impressive for a time this long and a total of 477 posts and yet it is my biggest number across all my social platforms. And I guess my art is just not good enough to fend for itself, which is understandable.

Those of you who still want to see where my art goes in future there's my deviantart. https://www.deviantart.com/shadowblazearts

It's been fun despite the struggle.

I had those few drawings scheduled to post themselves every 3 days but here they all are together as my last post.