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Independent people who do not have the skills to think and act interdependently may be good individual producers, but they won’t be seen as good leaders or team players. Their careers will begin to stutter and stall before too long.
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When our relationships are stronger, our businesses and careers are more successful.
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…your career is yours and yours alone to manage.
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…finding a talented, experienced mentor who is willing to invest the time and effort to develop you as a person and a professional is far more important than making career decisions based purely on salary or prestige.
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…mentors are all around you. It’s not necessarily your boss or even someone in your business. Mentoring is a nonhierarchical activity that transcends careers and can cross all organizational levels.
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Some surveys suggest that more than half the people you know have felt like impostors at some point in their careers.
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Achieving excellence in school often requires mastering old ways of thinking. Building an influential career demands new ways of thinking.
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When we see people get punished for failures and mistakes, we become worried about proving our competence and protecting our careers.
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Kids might be better off learning about careers as actions to take rather than as identities to claim.
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Changing a career isn’t like finding a soul mate. It’s possible that your ideal job hasn’t even been invented yet. Old industries are changing and new industries are emerging faster than ever before…
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