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How to Stand Up for Yourself

Success

The director of a small but busy public library in the Midwest, Marcia Fanning (not her real name) says she was meek and didn’t really stand up for herself for many years: “I let people walk all over me, and I ended up being really unhappy a lot of [the] time.”. The stress-reducing power of assertiveness.

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Career Success A to Z: C is for Confidence

Eat Your Career

I never realized there were so many good c-words related to career success: communication, collaboration, courage…. With confidence, you’ll be a better communicator and more effective collaborator. It means smiling, speaking articulately and assertively, looking people in the eye, and managing your physical presence.

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Strategies for Advancing Your Career in Administrative Services

Office Dynamics

Show that you know how to collaborate and rally a group around a common goal. You’re invited to join the FREE Eat Your Career Resource Library where you’ll gain immediate access to dozens of tools to advance your professional skills and achieve career fulfillment. Her website, EatYourCareer.com , is devoted to that mission.

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