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Category: Life hacks

Life hacks…

How can you build a career in the Salesforce ecosystem?

21 Apr 202221 Apr 2022
There has never been a better time to build an exciting and rewarding career around Salesforce, the world’s #1 CRM (Customer Relationship Management software). The global COVID pandemic has acted…
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How did I end up at Salesforce?

14 Dec 20219 Jan 2022
Broke. Depressed. Unemployed. That was me in May of 2016. After leaving the only vocation I had known for 20 years, I was at rock bottom. Even though I have…
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Boosting emotional resilience and mental wellness during COVID

27 Oct 2020
Some people are blessed with that most hardy constitution that rides the waves of life with scarce a whimper or a tear. They are eternally positive and optimistic – their mental…
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I don’t always feel like a trailblazer

20 Apr 202020 Apr 2020
Some days – some weeks – I don’t feel at all like a brave pioneer.  Recently we endured some challenges and disappointments at work, some of which were painfully personal.…
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Lessons from an autodidact

8 Jun 20198 Jun 2019
autodidact: "a person who has learned a subject without the benefit of a teacher or formal education; a self-taught person." It has been three years since I was introduced to…
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My favourite inspirational quotes

3 Feb 2018
I am always looking for ways to inspire Mark Tossell. Perhaps those sayings that have inspired me might also inspire you. Enjoy!   “If somebody offers you an amazing opportunity…
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The Year of the Impossible

5 Jan 2018
39,447,360. Thirty-nine million, four hundred and forty-seven thousand, three hundred and sixty. That sounds like a pretty big number, right? However, if you live to the age of 75, this…
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The Power of Persistence

7 Oct 20178 Oct 2017
Many well-meaning people have been very kind to me and told me how smart I am because I self-learned and implemented Salesforce Financial Services Cloud and Einstein Analytics. As humbled…
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My name is Mark – and I have Major Depressive Disorder

16 Sep 201711 Oct 2019
Even today, in an open-minded 2019, depression has a dangerous level of stigma attached to it. Back in 1985, when I first suffered my serious bout of depression, it was…
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Life is too short to play it safe!

12 Aug 201723 Feb 2020
Almost four years ago, I made the most reckless and outlandish decision that I have made in my 51 years. It was the scariest thing that I have ever done,…

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