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Bibliotherapy: Boost Well-being and Find Community With a Therapeutic Book Club

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They can focus on fiction or nonfiction, have themes to guide book choices, and be organized through places like work, school, professional organizations, religious groups and libraries. Libraries are also an up-and-coming place to find bibliotherapy book clubs.

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

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Stand up for yourself more Assertiveness was never my strong suit, especially when I was younger. 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.

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Chaya Milchtein Empowers Women by Educating Them About Cars

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The woman helped her get a job interview at Sears, and during the interview, they asked Milchtein, “What department do you want to work in?” In addition to virtual classes, she also teaches in person at colleges and libraries. Milchtein replied that she needed a job. Her reply was, “Whichever one makes the most money.”

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What Can Young Lawyers Teach Us About The Future Of Workspaces?

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I interviewed younger associates at a top law firm to understand their work styles, desires and demands of the current legal workplace. The open space concept with the library tables brings me back to law school. My set-up with the sit-stand desk, expansive monitors…I feel like they’ve replicated the comforts of my home here.”

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Why ‘Be Yourself’ Is Both the Best and Worst Advice You Can Get

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I got an email from Harvard inviting me to the interview phase. Me and 49 other people would be flown out to Cambridge to interview in person, and then a month later, 25 of those people would be accepted. I was going to Harvard for an interview. I knew how interviews worked and how the game was played. The Harvard!

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Leveraging AI to Unlock Human Potential | Angela Hood – CEO and founder of thisway global Inc.

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He goes, we have this big submission that we have coming up in a few hours. They ended up winning the competition. Are you good at using it to create better documents, but to resist it, I think, ends up leaving other people the ability to bypass you. They can’t do the interview. I said, sure he is. He said, he is.

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A Fun Skype Video Interview

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Today, we’re all taking a mini vacation up to the Lake (Erie) to a little place called Vermillion. Also this week I did a fun Skype video interview with Jill Christensen for her Mompreneur Summit happening later in the summer. This was my first video interview. The On Demand Learning Library launched this week.