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Four Simple Ways You Can Tune Your Mindset to Career Success

Does Your Mindset Serve You Well? Are you struggling to find success and realize your career goals? One possible reason may have to do with your mindset. Do you really believe you can achieve career success? Does your behavior reflect success? If you want to achieve your career goals, you must work on developing a mindset for success. A growth mindset (the belief that you have unlimited growth based on your efforts) is what separates …

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How to Overcome the Pain of Rejection and Come Out Stronger

At an early age, we learn that we don’t get everything we want. When I was a child, I thought it would be a great idea to have a unicorn for a pet. Besides the fact that my request is impossible to fulfill, my parents were not interested in adding another mouth to feed. I was heartbroken for a minute, but I was able to move on to my next want: A dolphin! We learn …

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Be Fearless In Your Next Job Interview

So you’re called in for an interview, but you’re nervous. Relax. We’ve got you covered in this post. Remove the fear and anxiety and ace your interview.

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Review and Document Your Career Accomplishments

Create a file that documents your career accomplishments. Recording your successes is beneficial for a number of situations, including: Negotiating your salary Asking for a promotion or raise Answering questions when interviewing Performance Reviews Updating your resume Boosting Your confidence What Accomplishments should I Document? You should record all accomplishments. Why? Because your accomplishment record becomes a time-line for your growth. And on those days that you may feel like nothing is going right, reviewing …

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View Delays and Denials as Opportunities

I am a firm believer that setbacks are opportunities in disguise. During her talk to Stanford Graduate School of Business students, Oprah spoke about how she was demoted from news anchor to work on the station’s talk show. It was when she was interviewing the ice cream guy that she knew she “found a home for herself”. Denials can also be blessings in disguise. For example, I was interviewing for a middle manager position at …

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Recognize The Power of Time

Time is a form of communication that infers respect or the lack thereof. It is important to be cognizant of others time by being punctual at meetings and other events. When you do so, you let others know that you are present and denotes professionalism. Be mindful that respect is a two-way street. As a leader, you set the tone of the meeting and promptly starting the meeting at the agreed upon time demonstrates that …

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Why Women Leaders?

My choice to focus on aspiring women leaders is two-fold. According to a recent report, although more women graduate with masters+ degrees and are managers, few women become senior leaders (i.e. CEOs, CFOs, etc. ). Women are almost half (47%) of the total work force in the U.S.; but only a fraction (4%) were CEO at Fortune 500 companies.* Women are also underrepresented in small business. Though more women start businesses, only 3 out of 10 get …

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