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Professional vs Personal Development: What’s the Difference?

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To navigate these dynamic landscapes with confidence, one must recognize the need for ongoing skill enhancement and adaptability. Those skill sets are where every human being has to start if they ever want to have any form of lasting success in their life.” This article appears in the March issue of SUCCESS+ digital magazine.

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10 Powerful Ways to Stand Up for Yourself in Any Situation

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Even just learning to walk more confidently—head held high, shoulders back—will help you appear and feel more confident. Channel that confidence when dealing with others. As you grow more confident in expressing yourself, you’re also going to have to learn to face those who want to override you. Call and dispute it.

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The 3-Sentence Email Guaranteed to Get a Response

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Familiarity with Clargley’s professional world shows respect and lets her know this isn’t a form letter. For example, “Quick question about your article on leadership” or “Recommendation from our mutual friend, Landy.”. Humor, punchy writing and lack of awkward formality show confidence. Sentence 2: Who. Be opened, not deleted.

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10 Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get Things Done

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By the Inch Life’s a Cinch, by the Yard It’s Hard People usually procrastinate because of fear and lack of self-confidence —and, ironically, become even more afraid when under the gun. And with the achievement of each mini-goal, you receive reinforcement and motivation in the form of positive feedback.

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What’s Next to Be Your Best? 3 Personal and Professional Development Trends in 2024

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Not only do personal and professional development opportunities provide key benefits to employees—like learning new skills, boosting confidence and credibility, developing leadership skills and increasing earning potential—but employers greatly benefit too. This article originally appeared in the March issue of SUCCESS+ digital magazine.

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5 Reasons to Question Everything

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Many of us think of a “questioner” as someone who’s more a thinker than a doer, whereas the successful go-getter is supposed to be confident, decisive and certain. This article was published in March 2014 and has been updated. Blame it on a grown-up world that tends to put more value on having answers than asking for them. “How?

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3 New Books to Help You Find Your Yourself and Your Calling

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It’s not one specific personality trait, but rather an amalgamation of various qualities that combine to form something truly special. . It’s many things and takes many forms.” This article originally appeared in the September/October 2021 issue of SUCCESS magazine. The success you experience becomes more enduring and robust.

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