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In the nearly ten years since Sheryl Sandberg released Lean In, there’s been a lot of conversations about how to be more confident in the workplace. However, many employees still…
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As most Smarter and Harder readers know by now, I’m an optimist. I believe in choosing to see the best possibilities in a situation and committing to making those possibilities…