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How to Deal with Non-Negotiable Unrealistic Expectations

Eat Your Career

While it’s our duty to clarify and push back on such expectations, we may face situations where that impossibly high bar is simply non-negotiable. (By By the way, if you need help learning how to professionally pushback, I have an entire webinar on the topic of “Setting Limits and Managing Expectations” in the Career Success Library.)

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Gen Z: Trailblazing The Future Of Work Or Trapped In A Cycle Of Sacrifice?

Allwork

Yet, the pay-off is bleak, with dissatisfaction rampant and essential life skills glaringly absent from their education. Nearly 60% of these young people are unsatisfied with their current salary, and 7 out of 10 say the school didn’t equip them with the necessary skills to negotiate their salary.

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Dear Debbie: How Can I Balance the Needs of My Business with the Calm of a Routine?

Success

Between marketing, showings, closings, parenting, eating good food, moving my body, continuing education and all the things in between, any concept of self-care felt foreign or forced. To me, productivity isn’t about mastering all the sections of your life into one manageable calendar. Quite frankly, don’t try that. It’s impossible.

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Society 18 Founder Pamela Zapata on Supporting Influencers of Color and Knowing Your Worth

Success

In 2019, she launched Society 18 , an influencer management and digital marketing firm that focuses on multicultural and multiethnic content creators. They didn’t understand how to negotiate contracts. Because I know what I felt like when I was negotiating my salary—it’s very hard to negotiate for yourself.

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Niké Ojekunle Got Scammed. Now She’s Helping Others Avoid the Same Fate By Advocating for Financial Literacy

Success

As her follower count grew, she also negotiated more and more sponsorship deals for herself, using her business savvy and entrepreneurial mindset to ink deals with fashion and beauty brands. I’ve always been self-managed,” Ojekunle says. It just doesn’t make sense for me to have a manager.” I’m good at it myself.

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7 Top Virtual Leadership Skills for Managers 

Worxbee

As a savvy and forward-thinking business owner, it is crucial to equip yourself with the top virtual leadership skills necessary to successfully manage teams from a distance. We will delve into the seven essential virtual leadership skills that every manager should cultivate to thrive in the virtual work environment.

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Tarek El Moussa Will Teach You How to Flip a House Without Breaking the Bank

Success

A frugal flipper is someone that spends a lot of time shopping and negotiating deals, and getting discounts. They’re typically educated, or at least experienced, and they’re definitely professional. They’re typically not educated, not experienced, don’t act professionally, and the type of people who don’t last long in this business.

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