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Discover the Best Volunteer Opportunities for Teens

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But the benefits of personal development, professional development and learning soft skills are amplified due to their age. Volunteering gives teens the opportunity to better understand their worth by learning new skills, expanding their network in a positive environment and gaining confidence through positive engagement.

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5 Ways to Make Friends When You Move to a New City

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Attend events at your local library to make friends in a new city When thinking of how to make new friends in a city, your local public library might not be the first thing that comes to mind. But libraries are often a bustling hub for local communities through public programming and events.

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What’s Next to Be Your Best? 3 Personal and Professional Development Trends in 2024

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Not only do personal and professional development opportunities provide key benefits to employees—like learning new skills, boosting confidence and credibility, developing leadership skills and increasing earning potential—but employers greatly benefit too.

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Headspace vs. Calm: Which Is Right for You?

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Calm is better than Headspace in: Greater variety of sleep tracks Cohesiveness with meditation instructor Tamara Levitt Overall ambience and sound quality More content for child and adolescent sleep and behavioral issues Larger meditation library to explore. That is, it includes learning and physical activity too. This is important.

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Overcoming Imposter Syndrome

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This webinar will help you recognize this insidious form of self-sabotage and learn strategies to overcome it. I n this session, you will learn…. However, to access the replay of the event, you need to be a member of the Career Success Library. REGISTER FOR THIS WEBINAR HERE. SIGN UP HERE.

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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.”. Assertion is a skill that can be learned like any other.

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6 Strategies to Influence Others in the Workplace

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Learning to leverage our influence is a key way in which we do all of these things and more. As a professional development trainer , I often focus on helping people learn how to have influence in bigger ways—communicating your big, innovative ideas, for example. We want to make purposeful contributions.

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