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As I Enter My 60s, Here’s the Advice I Would Give to My Younger Self

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I remember one instance when I applied for a communications job and the male interviewer asked if I was pregnant or planning to have children soon. Today, I would have admonished the guy and abruptly ended the interview. Live and learn, right? I didn’t like being on camera or giving live radio interviews.

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To Make Remote Work Effective, Think About Others

Allwork

As Jessica “JJ” Reeder , Director of Remote Organizational Effectiveness at Upwork , shared in a recent interview , “It’s more how am I setting myself and my teammates up to have as much flexibility as possible in our days.” People periodically travel to offices for team bonding and rich in-person collaboration.

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How to Showcase Work Samples in Your Professional Portfolio: Travel Planning Example

All Things Admin

Travel planning skills can be challenging to showcase in your professional portfolio, but they are something many employers and executives are looking for in an admin. So if you have travel planning experience, you need to document it! Work Sample: My Travel Planning System I love to travel! Here is an example: [link].

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How I Learned to Love Selling (and How You Can Too)

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With this new idea, I learned to stop worrying and love sales. Got hired after a job interview? Now I coach startup entrepreneurs and get to see my students make their first sales, grow , and start mentoring other entrepreneurs. And your customers can receive it only when you learn to love sales. . You can too—here’s how.

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So You Want to Take a Break from Your Career—Here’s What You Need to Consider

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In the absence of travel, daily commutes and the culture of busyness, many employees were finally able to fully engage in self-reflection to determine if their job, company and path truly aligned with their overall interests. Do you want to travel more, or finally make good on your literary aspirations? The worst they can say is “no.”.

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At Jack Daniel’s, Distiller Lexie Phillips Is Making Whiskey—and History—Every Day

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Find out how Phillips went from learning about the process to running it. LP: In 2014, I had my first big-girl interview. LP: You become a brand ambassador, so you travel around and tell people how the whiskey is made. What have you learned that stays with you? Lexie Phillips: I’m the fourth generation.

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On Core Values, Self-Honesty and Having Fun with Jairek Robbins, the New President of SUCCESS

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“You gotta answer your DMs, man,” says Jairek Robbins, half laughing, in his latest Brilliant Thoughts interview with Tristan Ahumada. From his early work in the nonprofit sector to traveling the world as an in-demand keynote speaker, Robbins has dedicated his life to inspiration. What motivates him? Find your second mountain.

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