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The Leadership Gene

Success

It was the summer of 2001. This article was published in November 2012 and has been updated. It turns out, I was 20 minutes early. I killed time by buying coffee and a magazine, and I went in to see the receptionist. I could just sit and relax and read and wait. This was going to be a big account for me, if I got the job.

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If You Think You’re Unbiased, You’re Wrong

Success

A 2012 study conducted by Yale researchers revealed that even science professors—male and female—evaluate the information on a résumé more harshly when the applicant is a woman. This article appears in the October 2015 issue of SUCCESS magazine and has been updated. These visions of success and failure often cloud our judgment.

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29 Beautiful Stories That Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity

Success

A Sudanese woman, Alik, who was pregnant and had two young children in tow, arrived in Fort Worth, Texas, without her husband, Dyan, in 2012. In 2001 Mary Parry was homeless and living in a tent in Pennsylvania when she began befriending hikers along the roughly 2,190-mile Appalachian Trail. People Restoring Faith in Humanity.

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