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Feedback: Take It or Leave It, but Don’t Defend Yourself Against It

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I tried to explain to my boss what had really happened and why the feedback was unreasonable, but she stopped me and said, “Feedback is a gift. But by just accepting the gift and giving it more thought at a later time, I’ve been able to pull out valuable pieces of input to apply to my work or approach.

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Look for the Hidden Good and 3 Other Ways to React to Problems

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Norman Vincent Peale, a major proponent of positive thinking, once said, “Whenever God wants to give us a gift, he wraps it up in a problem.” The bigger the gift you have coming, the bigger the problem you will receive. But the wonderful thing is that if you look for the gift, you will always find it. Seek the lesson.

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The Holidays Can Be Overwhelming—Remember These 3 Things to Stay Positive

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We love giving to others this time of year, but don’t forget the importance of gifting yourself with self-love. When you start to feel like all the holiday demands are pulling you in 10,000 different directions, and visions of missed deadlines, unwrapped gifts and long shopping lines start to dance in your head, take a deep breath.

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Want More Charisma? It All Starts with Your Mind

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A gift of presence. But perhaps her greatest charismatic gift is her almost palpable concern for others. This article appears in the December 2015 issue of SUCCESS magazine. When you go to a seminar with a really charismatic person, you have the feeling [of], Oh, I can trust this person. What I remember best about Ms.

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Meet the 2022 Women of Influence

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She’s also an activist and an entrepreneur with her Saysh brand of lifestyle sneakers designed for and by women. Over the course of 100 days, Poler tasked herself with facing 100 fears—a project that culminated in a TEDx speech in 2015. She also hosts the Pretty Big Deal podcast and published her book A New Model in 2017.

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Leading with Kindness: 14 Most Charitable Celebrities

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“We have in our program what I call the horizontal totem pole, where everyone is important and everyone’s status is significant, whether you’re the best player or the guy at the end of the bench,” he told SUCCESS in 2015. Mike Krzyzewski was featured in the September 2015 issue of SUCCESS.

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Here’s how your climate-related choices are contagious (in a good way!)

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One of the biggest reasons our personal lifestyle choices matter when it comes to the climate crisis is that what we do changes us. In 2015, two geographers noticed solar panels popping up on houses in their small US state of Connecticut. And the other big reason is that what we do and say changes others, too. .

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