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The Truth About Impostor Syndrome and How to Overcome It

Stephanie LH Calahan

Research published in the International Journal of Behavioral Science in 2011 suggests that approximately 70 percent of people will experience at least one impostor syndrome episode in their lives. You dislike the idea of having a coach/mentor because you can (and should) handle things on your own. Lupita Nyong’o .

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If You Think You’re Unbiased, You’re Wrong

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In every business, people track what they believe is important: growth, profits, cost per impressions for marketing, whatever,” he explains. “So A 2012 study conducted by Yale researchers revealed that even science professors—male and female—evaluate the information on a résumé more harshly when the applicant is a woman.

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Want to expand your horizons? 35 new books from TED speakers that will enlarge your world

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Quick question: What did 1960’s white, self-described “formerly fat housewife” Jean Nidetch, the founder of Weight Watchers International, have in common with Black 19th-century formerly enslaved abolitionists Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglas and Sojourner Truth? In 2012, Pastor Paul Williams was a leader of an evangelical church.

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Answering Reader Mail: Taking Your Career to the Next Level

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

I have heard of EAs working for successful international corporations and earning a very large salary. You care less, you’re easily annoyed, you start to do a cost-benefit analysis, you feel resentful, and you feel short changed. Even asking to intern, shadow, or be mentored by someone well respected is a great first step.

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Company Perks and Showing Appreciation

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

Some ideas are free, cost effective, and some are very, very generous. -Do For Dec 2012 and January 2013, I wrote a couple of posts you that you will find helpful. Let me go get your lunch, what do you want?" What are the first things you have done at a new EA job? A: Congrats on the new job! The below is the link to my blog.