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How to Stand Up for Yourself

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When Bacon must deliver less-than-rosy news to clients (for example, telling them something they want is beyond their budget), “I really try not to use the word you. Joy then could have reminded him that, as a contractor, he works for her, the project manager. Choose your words wisely. Words also matter in delicate situations.

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Introducing the SUCCESS 125

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An 18-year blogging veteran, Ajayi covers all things culture with a critical yet humorous lens on her website Awesomely Luvvie and wrote the instant best-sellers Professional Troublemaker: The Fear-Fighter Manual (2021) and I’m Judging You: The Do-Better Manual (2016). million views. Amina AlTai. She started everything from scratch.

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