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How to Ask for More Money (and Get It)

Success

I landed my first writing gig in 2013. Below are the top three lessons I learned. Lesson 2: Always demonstrate value in negotiations. Focus on results rather than personal circumstances when approaching negotiations. Less than two years later, I was offered my first five-figure writing assignment.

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Career Success A to Z: N is for Non-Negotiable

Eat Your Career

Learn more about it and access links to other articles in the series here. But you also have to know what components are non-negotiable. I’ve made that mistake and now my soul is a non-negotiable. I have other non-negotiables too. I’m not willing to travel every other week the way I did for nearly a year in 2013.

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Invest in Interpersonal Skills Development is Important but Few Plan to Invest in Them

Office Dynamics

June 19, 2013 / PRNewswire / -- Executives say it takes strong soft skills to move up the corporate ladder, but few firms provide training in this area, a new Accountemps survey finds. Their responses: 2013. Messmer added, "It''s a misperception that soft skills can''t be learned or honed. MENLO PARK, Calif., Management.

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Copywriters, Beware: Clark Kent and Lois Lane Journalists are Coming after Your Jobs

Men With Pens

A lesson I''ve learned from pitching and negotiating with copywriting clients is that they don''t often articulate what they secretly think. Copywriters, Beware: Clark Kent and Lois Lane Journalists are Coming after Your Jobs first appeared on Men With Pens Copyright 2006 — 2013, All Rights Reserved. Better Writing'

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New Career Options for Executive Assistants – Part I

Executive Assistant Breakthrough

According to the World Economic Forum [1] , here are a list of the top 10 skills most needed to succeed in 2020: Complex problem solving Critical thinking Creativity People management Coordinating with others Emotional intelligence Judgment and decision making Service orientation Negotiation Cognitive flexibility. link] 9 September 2013.

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The Truth About Impostor Syndrome and How to Overcome It

Stephanie LH Calahan

You believe you should be able to learn something on the first try. One day soon, the jig would be up … ” — Lean In* , March 2013. She has spoken candidly about her challenges with imposter syndrome and how she negotiated the feelings of fraud. Then, as you learn things, you can make modifications. Learn from Others.

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