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5 Steps to Turn Your Passion Into Your Profession

Success

It keeps you up at night and sparks something deep inside you. Without getting too deep into the psychology of the self-defeating fixed mindset , there is one primary way to break this type of thinking: Shut up and act. Personally interview a minimum of five people who are already in that industry. Passion is a funny thing.

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How I Lost $3 Million in 24 Hours and Bounced Back

Success

I lost my confidence. But the tickets never showed up. But the pain was fresh, and the daily struggle for money and confidence were keeping me stuck. I ended up realizing my journey back would begin with forgiving myself —that I could start over and create my own way. I lost my business. I lost my savings. And so can you.

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Libby Moore on Dreams, Letting Go, and Landing the Job as Oprah Winfrey’s Chief of Staff

Go Burrows

I’ve been an executive assistant coach since 2016, and as someone who provides administrative professional training to aspiring administrative assistants, I jumped at the chance to chat with Libby. A friend of a friend of a friend set her up. She ended up cleaning houses and taking odd jobs. So she left the job.

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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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Even Creative Geniuses Create Things That Don’t Work

Success

Because it’s only by actually going through a volume of work that you are actually going to catch up and close that gap. I’ve tried to give up. But in the space between all the inspiration and confidence, the feelings of invisibility return. I wonder if my work will never live up to my ambitions. What is wrong with me?

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Shaping Sara Blakely: Meet the Billionaire Founder of Spanx

Success

“I just do it because—darn it—there are a lot of women [in the world] who don’t have the opportunity to get up in the morning and even get an education, so I can get my butt on a plane and deal with it. I wrote that specifically in my journal, and I just kept looking for when it was going to show up in my life. I’m scared.

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SUCCESS’ 2024 Women of Influence

Success

How Will You Show Up? , She was born in Chengdu but grew up everywhere. Gao uses her experience as a chef to share meaningful flavors that open people up to new ideas and conversations. Her Rise Up: Book of Proof journal and VPM Method combines manifestation techniques rooted in neuroscience with actionable goals.

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