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My Way: 12 Things That Keep Me Succeeding Every Day

Success

It’s critical to build your self-esteem around something [in your character] that is anti-fragile, as Nassim Taleb defines it —not something that is resilient but rather something that actually gets stronger the more it encounters stressors. The company was ranked No. s “10 Fastest-Growing Private Companies In The U.S.”

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SUCCESS’ 2024 Women of Influence

Success

Russell started Girls Leading Girls in 2014, and four years later, she started her own executive coaching agency for women founders called FemThrive. That messaging that we internalize starts to erode our confidence and our self-esteem.” While serving in the U.S.

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Discover the Formula for Happy Employees

Success

I don’t want to say it’s all over, but your self-esteem gets tanked. This article was published in July 2014 and has been updated. You can be invisible, churning out your best day after day, and nobody says squat to you. And then you make one mess-up—it could be a small mistake or a big fat one—and that’s it.

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The Mel Robbins Guide to Screwing Up

Success

In a 2014 LinkedIn article, Steli Efti, CEO of Close.io, described his experience in helping an employee overcome his fear of cold-calling—which was, more specifically, a fear of rejection. Rejection is that much-dreaded response that hits us right in the self-esteem. It might be heights or spiders or snakes.

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The Truth About Impostor Syndrome and How to Overcome It

Stephanie LH Calahan

Also, self-sabotage happens often for people with Impostor Syndrome. A 2014 study on Impostor Syndrome shows that those people with it tend to undervalue their skills or fail to recognize how other opportunities might place more substantial importance on their abilities. Signs and Symptoms of Impostor Syndrome.

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