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10 Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get Things Done

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Using this method, the goal becomes manageable. Seek out and converse with a successful role model and mentor. This article was published in February 2016 and has been updated. Proactive goal achievement means taking every project and cutting it up into bite-sized pieces. When mini-mistakes are made, they are easy to correct.

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Advancing Women in Tech: Executive Nancy Wang’s Forward-Thinking Nonprofit

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As director and general manager, the 33-year-old is the youngest person to serve at Amazon Web Services (AWS) Data Protection’s executive level. She also founded, in 2016, a nonprofit membership organization , Advancing Women in Tech, which “accelerates careers and addresses diversity gaps in leadership.” There was that beginning.

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There Still Aren’t Enough Women In Engineering. Here’s What Needs to Change

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Opperman started noticing a difference in how management treated male and female employees. “I This is an improvement from even just seven years ago, when in a 2016 report from SWE , one woman in engineering stated: “When you walk through the doors of [an oil & gas] corporation, you would think you had taken a step back… into the 1950s.

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Why Success Doesn’t Mean You’re Living a Fulfilled Life

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But then Ted got the call from his father to return to the business because they needed someone who was smart enough to manage a product line. When I started working for Bell System—the universal phone monopoly at the time—a manager told me I could have a job for life supporting the payphone business. They have balance. They adapt.

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How to Improve Your Client Relationships

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Webb, a speaker, holder of more than 42 patents and longtime management consultant, has conducted extensive research on this topic. In turn, they served as business mentors to me; the senior partner is much older and more experienced than I am. This article appears in the March 2016 issue of SUCCESS magazine and has been updated.

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What Kind of Leader Are You: A Fixer, Fighter or Friend?

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If you’re a coach, consultant or mentor to a Friend-type leader, the best way you can help is by holding them accountable for accepting the reality that it’s lonely at the top—whether that’s in the CEO seat or as a leader of a team within a larger organization. Fun is great, but it has to be a byproduct of doing great work.

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Representation Matters: 5 Tips for Creating a Business Worth Supporting

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When Robert Hartwell first launched The Broadway Collective , a musical theater academy, in 2016, he worked at the kitchen table with his assistant. When selecting your mentor , look for the following: Ensure their mission statement aligns with your values and beliefs. You couldn’t open the fridge because it would hit the table.”

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