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How to Stand Up for Yourself

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The director of a small but busy public library in the Midwest, Marcia Fanning (not her real name) says she was meek and didn’t really stand up for herself for many years: “I let people walk all over me, and I ended up being really unhappy a lot of [the] time.”. Best practices for standing up for yourself.

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10 Daily Habits Holding You Back from Growth

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Some of those choices are extraordinary, but most of them are simple habits that add up, one step and one day at a time. I love getting up before everyone else when the house is quiet. Procrastination can mask a lack of confidence, or a fear of being wrong or being criticized. There’s no such thing as an overnight success.

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11 Ways to Handle Confrontation

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And it’s probably because you’re either scared that the conversation is going to be terribly awkward and so you put it on the backburner, or you’re frustrated but don’t want to make a big deal of it and so you just bottle it up. Bottling it up and not addressing it is the worst course of action. And never try to talk it out over email.

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The Tools I Use to Run My Business

LEADERASSISTANT.COM

I launched my side hustle business in 2016 and this website (goburrows.com aka leaderassistant.com) was one of the first pieces of the puzzle. Through several years of trial and error and plenty of ups and downs, the business has grown from a bare-bones website, to a thriving community, an extensive resource hub, and a profitable business.

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This Digital Nomad Couple Sold Everything to Travel the World in a Sailboat—Here’s What They’ve Learned About Life, Goal Setting and Relationships

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After several months of research, they attended a two-week sailing course in Gibraltar before selling Darsy’s apartment and buying Polar Seal in March 2016. “On Ellison and Darsy purchased Polar Seal in March 2016, but they didn’t hit the waters full time until June 2018. There are no shortcuts for that.”.

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18 Signs You Have High Emotional Intelligence

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Emotionally intelligent people are self-confident and open-minded, which creates a pretty thick skin. This creates the tendency to get right back up every time you fall down. For example, you might have an interesting conversation with someone about a book, and when you see them again a month later, you show up with the book in hand.

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The Power of Hope: How I Qualified for the Paralympic Games

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Shortly after, I woke up on the floor thinking I’d just had a crazy dream that a car had hit Scott and me. Instead, I started playing sports with my friends again and started regaining my confidence. I showed up at the clinic hosted by Challenged Athletes Foundation and Ossur Prosthetics Company. It was a white BMW 3 Series.

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