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Three reasons you aren’t reaching your full potential at work

Most of us have ideas about how we’d like our career paths to unfold, including where we’d ultimately like to end up before we hit retirement and the steps we need to take along the way. If you’re being realistic with your vision, you’re…

Questions successful people ask their boss when given a new project

If you’re committed to doing your very best at work each day and taking every opportunity to show your bosses and colleagues that you’re dedicated and serious about your job, then when you get assigned to a new project you know that it’s…

How to get better at taking risks

Risk is scary. Everything in human history has evolved to make us scared of risk. After all, time has taught us that risks can get you eaten by animals in the wild, or have you holding your head in despair while the stock market (with your bold…

What to do if your year starts off terribly

Most of us have high hopes every time we ring in a new year—we imagine that new opportunities, better luck, and greater fortune are just waiting for us as we end one year and start fresh in a new one. However, for many of us these high hopes…

How being kind to yourself helps you better your life

There are lots of secrets and strategies floating around for achieving success in life, but there’s one surefire trick that doesn’t get talked about nearly enough—being kind to yourself. Yes, this seemingly simple yet often overlooked…

What to do if your career plans fall through

Maybe you applied for your dream job and never heard back. Maybe you made it months into the process, and after 3 rounds of interviews finally received a rejection. Or maybe you got what you thought was the perfect job and then realized it's…

What to do if your career plans fall through

Maybe you applied for your dream job and never heard back. Maybe you made it months into the process, and after 3 rounds of interviews finally received a rejection. Or maybe you got what you thought was the perfect job and then realized it's…

These famous people failed at first, then found success

Ever get discouraged because you feel like nothing's going your way? Or maybe you've been at it for a few years and just feel that you aren’t where you should—or want to—be. Chances are, you're being too hard on yourself and not allowing…

Top 10 characteristics of successful and creative women

If you haven’t seen Wonder Woman yet, add it to your to-do list: you will be newly inspired to kick butt and take names. If you want to be all the woman you can be and achieve the great things you know you’re destined for, then there are…

How to Criticize Your Boss Without Losing Your Job

Feedback, as any good professional understands, is critically important. There’s nothing like a little constructive criticism to put the fire under your tail feathers and help you to understand and grow past your own limitations. But it isn’t…