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As I Enter My 60s, Here’s the Advice I Would Give to My Younger Self

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Stand up for yourself more Assertiveness was never my strong suit, especially when I was younger. I remember one instance when I applied for a communications job and the male interviewer asked if I was pregnant or planning to have children soon. Today, I would have admonished the guy and abruptly ended the interview.

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Bibliotherapy: Boost Well-being and Find Community With a Therapeutic Book Club

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They can focus on fiction or nonfiction, have themes to guide book choices, and be organized through places like work, school, professional organizations, religious groups and libraries. Libraries are also an up-and-coming place to find bibliotherapy book clubs.

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Chaya Milchtein Empowers Women by Educating Them About Cars

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The woman helped her get a job interview at Sears, and during the interview, they asked Milchtein, “What department do you want to work in?” In addition to virtual classes, she also teaches in person at colleges and libraries. Milchtein replied that she needed a job. Her reply was, “Whichever one makes the most money.”

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Why ‘Be Yourself’ Is Both the Best and Worst Advice You Can Get

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I got an email from Harvard inviting me to the interview phase. Me and 49 other people would be flown out to Cambridge to interview in person, and then a month later, 25 of those people would be accepted. I was going to Harvard for an interview. I knew how interviews worked and how the game was played. The Harvard!

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“Fire and Soul” Podcast Host Michelle Sorro Awakens to Her True Calling

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But in those weeks that her podcast had gone dark, Sorro spent days balled up, crying in the darkness. Many just don’t know how to speak up because they’re so afraid to ruffle feathers,” Sorro explains. For decades, Sorro had worked up to 100 hours a week. She had given up weekends and had moved across the country.

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Hearth: A Writer Explores the Concept of Home During Her Early Career as a Writer in Delhi, Mumbai and the U.S.

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My grandfather, a popular science writer, considered a nation-builder, had seen difficult times growing up. Given prevailing land mafia politics, goons from the opposing camp hunted down and beat up my bewildered grandfather. So this is what it would’ve been like to share space with siblings— I chalked it up to valuable experience.

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Jeremy Fennema – CTO and Founder of Fennema.io | How Emerging Tech is Reshaping Business Models and Workplaces

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It was a total screw up, actually. So Internet of things like small edge computing devices, typically up till now they’ve just been intelligent sensors or small microprocessors. When we talk about artificial intelligence, Bell of the ball, as you mentioned it, we all look at the real flashy stuff up front.

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