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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. I apologized.

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Ep 219: Annie Croner on Burnout, Boundaries, Confidence, and Detaching Your Worth from Your Work

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Annie Croner is the founder and CEO of Whole Assistant, an online platform & community, formed to provide a positive place where assistants can go to transform their lives and level up their careers. As a heads up, this episode is a bit out of the ordinary. So much for keeping myself out of the spotlight, eh?

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A Day in the Life of Renée Marino, a Broadway Star-Turned-Master Communicator

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Renée Marino looked onto the crowd during a 2013 Broadway performance of Jersey Boys and found herself staring at legendary filmmaker Clint Eastwood, who had shown up to scout actors for a film adaptation of the musical. She credits that “quiet voice of her soul” for giving her the push to speak up. No one spoke…. It broke my heart.

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5 Ways to Thrill Your Customers (Because a Thank You Email Just Doesn’t Cut It Anymore)

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The agent pays to put them up in a luxury condo overnight, covers the change fees on their flights, and sells them a home the next day. Or what about an elegant restaurant that has a dress code prohibiting shorts? Instead of turning someone away, a restaurant staffer escorts him to a private closet that has “loaner pants.”

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Gigi Gorgeous: How to Stay Grounded When Social Media Is Your Full-Time Job

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Working on social media (professionally) takes everything up a notch. I heard so many youths who were helped by the Trevor Project ended up not taking their lives because of that hotline,” Gigi says. These are people who call out bad behavior and stand up for their beliefs, no matter what. That’s some powerful stuff.”.

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Donald Kelly—The Sales Evangelist—Is Out to Create a Community of World-Class Sellers

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His family’s yard in Jamaica had a large mango tree, so one day, he picked a few sweet, juicy mangoes, set up a table in the front yard, and tried to sell them to neighbors. “It selling peanuts, or having a little restaurant,” he says. Shake things up by sending video or audio messages, or even snail mail, Kelly says.

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3 Trends That Could Define Your Career in 2021

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It's predicted that "revenge shopping" will take place as consumers go crazy with shopping, eating in restaurants and going to concerts. How fast spending may recover depends on whether people in individual areas feel confident, so make sure you factor that into any future job decisions. Business travel lags.

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