I started a blog and grew it into a $14 million business. Here's how I did it through affiliate marketing and social media.

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Olivia Amitrano.

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I was put on a PIP in my director-level job and fantasized about quitting. So I quiet quit for 3 months before actually walking out.

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"Michael Phelps is a really good swimmer, yet he'll still drown if you chain him to the Titanic. That was the situation I was in — it felt like no matter how hard I swam, I was going to drown," John Garvens said.

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I left Germany and moved to the US for work. Here are the 5 things that shocked me the most about American culture.

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Emma Brooke.

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My 10-year-old spends up to 5 hours a week learning to code. Here are the best resources I've found to help him get ahead in his future career.

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Joel Gratcyk.

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I moved to Japan to teach on a US military base. The whole experience cost me thousands when the job didn't work out.

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Brianna Stultz in Okinawa, Japan.

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My family makes an extra $20,000 a year renting out part of our home on Airbnb. We started with a goal to cover day-care costs, but now we've expanded to a second property.

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The LaDuca family.

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A father-son duo built 2 vacation homes on a remote Australian island that rent for $6,200 a night — and Chris Hemsworth was their first guest

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Timmy and Michael Maxwell.

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How to build a 7-figure business in a year: Start with selling your time and level up to selling a product

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Tim Denning.

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I became a superyacht chef without any formal training. Here's how I turned my hobby into cooking for celebrities like Pharrell Williams while traveling the world.

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Rachel Cunningham in a cooking lesson.

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8 jobs that pay more than you think, including the Trader Joe's role that pays over $100,000 a year

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Trader Joe's captains bag six-figure base salaries that start at around $104,000.

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