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How I Lost $3 Million in 24 Hours and Bounced Back

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And then the phone rang. As the words “We have a problem…” came through the phone, the blood drained from my face and a sharp pain pierced my stomach. I lost my confidence. Technically, the legal term for what happened is called a “breach of contract.” It was my partner. But he wasn’t calling with good news.

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How To Be A Good Mentee: Everything You Need To Know

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A great mentor will be someone you can confide in and learn from, to help guide you in your life, your career and everything that falls in between. Maybe it’s a monthly meeting over coffee or 20-minute phone calls every other week. I arrived at his Los Angeles apartment armed with five pages of questions, single-spaced, on a legal pad.

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4 Smart Money Moves to Plan for Financial Security

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The recommended emergency fund amount to save for is three to five months of living expenses (think rent, utilities, phone bills, and so forth) in some form of cash. No matter where you are in your financial journey, start planning today to gain confidence in your financial health in both the near and distant future.

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Ep 247: Email Management for Executive Assistants

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This episode features an excerpt from my audiobook, The Leader Assistant: Four Pillars of a Confident, Game-Changing Assistant. DON’T CHECK YOUR EMAIL FIRST THING IN THE MORNING I hate to admit it, but I’m guilty of this far too often: As soon as I wake up in the morning, I grab my phone, check my email, and clear out my inbox.

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Inside the Edinburgh PA Network

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Previous to this I worked in such roles as Secretary to a group of Consultants, Marketing Assistant for an Architect firm, Facilities Coordinator for a construction company and Purchase Ledger for NHS Legal department just to name a few. Sherien : The advice I would give my younger self would be to have more confidence and self-belief.

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Ep 176: Sona Movsesian – Assistant to Conan O’Brien and Author of The World’s Worst Assistant

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Jeremy ( 15:40 ): So how do you, how do you combat that feeling of like, all right, ’cause you’ve got to, you’ve got to somehow have that confidence to go sit in those rooms with those people over and over again? Sona ( 15:50 ): Well, I think that that confidence comes over time, too. So I think… in that way.

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Guest Blog: Networking Like a Pro

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Be confident. To be able to network, you must have confidence. You need confidence in yourself, confidence in your abilities, and confidence in your networking skills. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. Networking is not for the timid or for the faint of heart.