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Dear Debbie: Why Do I Downplay My Hard-Earned Success in Social Settings?

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I didn’t mind that random strangers often assumed my husband was our primary earner, despite me having doubled his salary in real estate sales alone. How often are we aghast at the way we hear others speak to each other, yet our own internal monologue is arguably much nastier. The world deserves the gifts you have to offer.

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Dr. Dale Whelehan – CEO at 4 Day Week Global | Boost Efficiency with a 4-Day Work Week Strategy

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Recognized on TIME’s 100 Most Influential Companies of 2023 and Forbes’ 50 Future of Work Ideas, they’ve actively support international pilot studies and have garnered attention in leading publications like The Atlantic, INSIDER, The New York Times, Bloomberg, Fast Company, BBC, Sky News, and The Wall Street Journal.

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The Right Conversation About Sustainable Living

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Reflect on this cavalier expression a bit longer, though, and you’ll find it also flings the problems of hunger and poverty across international waters to a foreign continent that may as well be imaginary to the average American mind. I was blessed with the gift of things that could never be taken away.”.

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A True Partnership: Olympia Dukakis and Bonnie Low-Kramen

Bonnie Low Kramen

Olympia had a gift of making you feel as if you were the most important person in the room. This includes salary but also having the contents of a hotel mini-bar removed and some of the excess furniture too. Olympia catapulted to fame in a matter of months. I was by her side for all of it. Be Present. Be here now. Don’t change a word.

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21 Tips for Job Hunting - A Comprehensive Strategy

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

In college, I sat next to this girl and I overheard she interned at a very prominent radio station. I secured a position as an intern for the drive home radio DJ who is a celebrity now too. 6) Have a list of references I assume you’ve interned, had a part time job, a full time job, or volunteered at some point in your life.

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Is Your Education Useless? | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

They don’t have to like it, mind you, but they DO have to internalize logical ways on HOW to think. Going back to school was the best gift I could give myself. I just graduated last year at 28 and 6 months later my salary went up 32%. That’s one reason why I harp on my kids that they have to embrace math.

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