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Achieving Success Comes Down to One Thing: Connecting With People

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Join a committee, serve as a camp counselor, participate in nonprofit clubs, volunteer at local churches or host a charity event. This article was published in December 2018 and has been updated. And just like that, my connections grow exponentially. Second, I started volunteering. Photo by Kinga/Shutterstock.

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On to the next task.

Laughing all the Way to Work

For example, if the date has been chosen I would file it like this: 2018-10-25 OTC Board of Directors meeting If I don't know the date yet I would file it like this: DRAFT OTC Audit Committee meeting And if I am not the organizer I would file it like this: DRAFT OTC Audit Committee meeting LINDA BROWN ORG This system keeps me straight.

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Set Stretch Goals

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From Joan Burge’s new book, Joan’s Greatest Administrative Secrets Revealed (2018). They got promotions, salary increases, developed bet­ter relationships with their executives; they joined committees and chaired events; they set healthy boundaries; they gained immense confidence! Oh heavens, I thought! How do you think a person grows?

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SUCCESS’ 2024 Women of Influence

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Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Van Jones (CNN host) and was the festival production company for Newark Arts Festival (2017 and 2018). In 2018, she was recognized by then-governor of Maryland, Larry Hogan, for her life-changing work with women. Skoreyko has become the catalyst for peak performance among leaders , executives and athletes.

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If You Think You’re Unbiased, You’re Wrong

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By masking her identity from the hiring committee, it guaranteed that she’d be judged on her performance, not her gender. The ratio of women in its computer science program jumped to nearly 50% in 2018. To summon the proper mood for each piece, Scharer had scrawled words like “tranquil” and “heroic” on the sheet music.

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