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Coach John Wooden on Succeeding with Integrity

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Take a look at the role models your children look up to and you’ll quickly notice patterns of loose standards, unrealistic expectations and unworthy pursuits. Have you ever felt the pressure of knowing what was right but felt unable to stand up for what you believe? This article was published in October 2016 and has been updated.

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10 Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get Things Done

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Proactive goal achievement means taking every project and cutting it up into bite-sized pieces. Set your wake-up time a half hour earlier tomorrow and keep the clock at that setting. Seek out and converse with a successful role model and mentor. This article was published in February 2016 and has been updated.

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

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She also founded, in 2016, a nonprofit membership organization , Advancing Women in Tech, which “accelerates careers and addresses diversity gaps in leadership.” The organization, for which she now serves as board chair, has helped more than 40,000 people to date via mentoring and training materials delivered via Coursera.

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

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When you’re in charge, your opinion simply takes up more space than that of others, whether you intend it to or not. Describing your team as a family also sets up a very confusing mixed reality because you can’t fire a member of your family, but you absolutely have to be able to fire an employee who isn’t pulling their weight.

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

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In a study by the Metrus Institute , nearly every respondent harbored a desire to become fulfilled—to reach a state of long-term happiness and conscientiously live up to his or her potential. I missed my three daughters growing up—something I can never replace,” one respondent said.

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How to Improve Your Client Relationships

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We’ve been working together for five months, and I touch base with him up to 15 times a week. 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. But I also draw a line.

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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. How to build a company that reflects your values To Hartwell, showing up for these communities means building a company that reflects his values of representation and diversity. “If

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