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Marathon Training Also Trained My Stress Tolerance—Here’s How

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The mental image fascinated me; I had never thought to train myself for a higher stress tolerance. One of the factors that could impact the perception of whether or not a situation is stressful to that person is their confidence level.” I was building that confidence that Anderson referenced.

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Skills Training Surges As Hiring Priorities Change

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Skills-first hiring is an approach to recruitment that is picking up steam on LinkedIn, and it’s a trend that could entirely reshape the labor market. Gen Z workers are more likely than older generations to go back to the classroom to focus on skills training. are planning to improve skills with online instruction this year.

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Kim Gravel on the Importance of Finding Your Calling and Your Confidence

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In Collecting Confidence , Gravel shares lessons she’s learned from her public successes—including building an empire that spans hosting several QVC shows and episodes as well as a podcast , launching beauty businesses and mentoring young women—and private failures or challenges. Did you have confidence at a younger age?

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How to Stand Up for Yourself

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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.”. Best practices for standing up for yourself. I apologized.

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Unlearning Silence in the Workplace: How to Speak Up at Work

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But some workplace experts are speaking up and encouraging employees to do just the same in 2024; perhaps the only “resolution” you will need this year is some real talk. What assumptions do we hold about where and when we’re allowed to speak up? What have we experienced as the costs of speaking up in the past?

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Elevating Your Role As An Executive Assistant

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That said, use your emotional intelligence to understand when and how to bring up such ideas and concerns. If you find the right timing, can discern your principal’s openness at that time, AND come armed with a solution or highlight an issue they hadn’t considered, they will sit up and take notice.

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45 Professional Development Books to Level Up Your Career and Your Life

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In a world with countless ways to level up your professional development, books are one of the most underestimated tools. In The Alter Ego Effect , author Todd Herman suggests that we add another element: creating an alter ego to boost our confidence and skills. If so, then this is a great book to pick up today.

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