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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.”. But one day everything changed. I snapped,” Fanning says. “I

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Are You Interfering With Your Readers' Lives?

Men With Pens

Project Management and Editorial Calendars for Freelance Writers Reply Ada February 26, 2010 at 3:22 am Well, it is a good warning and good intentions, however rather in vain. It’s hardly rocket science, and if you went to a library or bookstore, you’d find the same advice repeated over and over. And I still worry.

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Introducing the SUCCESS 125

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Through her proficiency in project management, communications and new business and technology initiatives, Burgess has led executive-level projects and enjoys solving big problems or challenges that make the world a better place. This organization provided transportation for children from their schools to the center.

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How to Become a Certified Coach

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Coaches will use tools like visualization, assessments, stories, breathing and mindfulness exercises, project management software and paper-based exercises, emotional releasers, mantras, and on and on. The best coaching is usually a 50-50 dialogue, never a lecture, and never just a venting session for the client. Read books.

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