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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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Want More Charisma? It All Starts with Your Mind

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Try arriving at a cocktail party with just this one goal, Beck says: All I’m going to do is ask questions. For weeks, Kelleher failed to compose a persuasive note requesting an interview. At last, “I stopped trying to see my own needs, which were to get an interview with her, and just went with extreme empathy,” she says.

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How to Launch (and Maintain) a Successful E-Commerce Business

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When I read it in 2015, I was working both a full-time government job and launching a side business that would eventually eat up 80 hours of my week. This sounds like the fantasy version of the e-commerce lifestyle that’s sold in Instagram ads, but it was reality for my wife and me when we lived in Mexico in 2019. Set up interviews.

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29 Beautiful Stories That Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity

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When a GoFundMe account was set up to raise funds for rebuilding the uninsured structure, it surpassed the goal of $850,000 within days. Janet has given me pep talks for job interviews and has helped me when I have forgotten my train pass. Relationship Goals. Sophia Dembling. Respect the Hustle. Good morning, everyone!

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Introducing the SUCCESS 125

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In the hopes of healing her own life, she sought training in coaching, nutrition, fitness and mindfulness, and her goal became to teach others how to balance a thriving career, body and mind. His Get Attitude podcast won a Communicator Award for Diversity & Inclusion for his 8:46 Interviews Stories of Black America. Kim Anthony.

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Queer Eye’s Bobby Berk on Designing a Space—and Life—That Makes You Happy

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Because failures either teach you how to do what you want to do differently to achieve that goal, or they actually teach you that the goal you thought you needed to achieve, it’s not the right journey for you. In 2015, BUILDER Magazine identified Berk as the most millennial designer in the world, even though he was not yet a designer.

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