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Weston A.

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Messing up your career

See career challenges for what they are: an opportunity to try something different.

If your career never got messed up, then you’d probably stay in your comfort-zone for your entire life and never try something different.

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15 Typical Life Problems And How To Solve Them. - The Mission - Medium

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Top 10 Uncomfortable Situations and How to Deal with Them

Life is full of awkward and uncomfortable moments. We can't avoid them altogether, but we can handle them with grace. Here are ten situations we all might struggle with and how to relieve the discomfort. It happens to the best of us.

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Forgetting Someone's Name

If you haven’t already, ask for their business card.
Ask for their name and pretend you just didn't know their last name.
Introduce the person to a friend and hope th...

Making Small Talk and Dealing with Awkward Silences

Have some good go-to stories.
Use the FORD technique (asking questions about Family," "Occupation," "Recreation" and "Dreams) to turn small talk into an actual conversation
Just enjoy the silence.

Going on a First Date

Pick a great first-date activity.
Keep your expectations in check.
Learn the science behind the perfect first date.
Try not to sweat it even if things do get uncomfortable.

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Melody N.

@melodydnn84

How to Pick a Career (That Actually Fits You) - Wait But Why

Hey readers! Quick note before we jump in: This is a post about something I've been wanting to write about forever: careers. Society tells us a lot of things about what we should want in a career and what the possibilities are-which is weird because I'm pretty sure society knows very little about any of this.

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The Real Career Landscape

If you can figure out how to get a reasonably accurate picture of the real career landscape out there, you have a massive edge over everyone else, most of whom will be using outdated convention...

The career pitfall

Careers used to be kind of like a 40-year tunnel. You picked your tunnel, and once you were in, that was that. You worked in that profession for 40 years or so before the tunnel spit you out on the other side into your retirement.

Today’s career landscape isn’t a lineup of tunnels, it’s a massive, impossibly complex, rapidly changing science laboratory.

Why Career-path-carving is important.

Time. A typical career will take up somewhere between 20% and 60% of your meaningful adult time.

Quality of Life. Your career has a major effect on all your non-career hours.

Impact. Whatever shape your career path ends up taking, the world will be altered by it.

Identity. We tell people about our careers by telling them what we are.

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Alana F.

@alanaff557

How to Overcome the Fear of Public Speaking: 5 Tips from the Pros

Like most people, at one time in my life I was terrified of public speaking.I remember one moment particularly clearly. My classmates were waiting for me to read a paper I'd written-an experience, I'm sure, many remember from high school and college. While a part of me was concerned...

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The Fear of Public Speaking

Public speaking is often topping the charts as the No. 1 fear in the world.

People feel anxious, sweaty, or have a pounding heart while being on stage in front of an audience.

Practice

A great way to remove a large portion of fear is to practice hard, studying the topic well. You can research all questions that the audience may ask, and practice the speech in front of a mirror or in front of friends.

Practicing soothes our nerves, making us ready for the final audience.

Bigger Than Your Fears

Finding something bigger than your fear, greater than your anxiety, is a key strategy to get rid of the natural negative emotions.
When you talk about something you are passionate about, the words come naturally, in a flow. Even if the words are forgotten, you can easily bounce back, as your inner fire won't let the words fail you.

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