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44 Ways to Kick-Start Your New Year

Success

Join a class at your fitness club, an exercise group or a team sport. Find a mentor. Overall, whether it’s gossip from co-workers, violence in the media, pessimism in your own thoughts or other influences, make conscious efforts to reduce your exposure to the negative. Ask questions of mentors and peers. Attend training.

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Answering Your Questions

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

A: An executive assistant role is a great spring board to get your feet wet in the industry. If you want to be a director, producer, or writer, being an EA won't help very much - unless you start out as a writer's assistant, producer's assistant, or a PA, etc, which are totally different avenues and only one way to break into the industry.

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Even More Questions Answered

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

Before I graduated college, I also did a lot of internships alongside well-respected people in the industry or at well-known companies. From what I've heard, the assistants did leave with class and their dignity intact. Be the bigger person and don't gossip! Why leave that as the lasting impression?

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10 gifts to give your career

On The Job

That means being better prepared for downturns in the economy or your industry, and keeping an active network so that when bad times do hit, you’re ready to get the help you need. Invest time in reading the latest industry news. Attend an event or sign up for an online class that really challenges you. Find a mentor.

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