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6 Lesser-Known LinkedIn Profile Tips for Personal Branding, Job Searching, and Networking Sep 05, 2023

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Learn how to optimize your LinkedIn profile in 2023. Learn from LinkedIn trainer Lyssa Leigh Jackson the six features you should be using to optimize for personal branding, job searching, and networking on LinkedIn. Plus, grab our free LinkedIn skills worksheet to help!

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LinkedIn Skills Worksheet: https://bit.ly/3qJZigS

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How To Quit Your Job Without Regrets (+ a Template) Aug 29, 2023

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It can be overwhelming figuring out when and how you should quit your job. Enter Matt Yao’s guide to quitting—a complete template to help you feel confident about quitting without regrets. . Written from his personal experience of leaving his tech job in December 2022, Matt created a blueprint that can help anyone strategically think through how to quit their job with or without another job lined up.

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Climate newsletter: https://buildinclimate.substack.com/

On The Rise Podcast: https://ontherisepod.com/

Matt’s email for Coaching: matt.r.yao@gmail.com

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Is Technology a Good Career Path? 5 Steps to Make a Career Pivot to Tech Aug 22, 2023

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Is making a career transition to tech worth it? What can you expect? And what skills does it take to launch a lucrative tech career? From tech bootcamps to lifestyle changes, we’re covering all the pros and cons of a tech career along with a 5-step blueprint on how to make a career pivot.

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The Self-Talk Workout: 6 Science-Backed Strategies to Dissolve Self-Criticism Aug 15, 2023

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Perhaps you want to be nicer to yourself but don’t really know how to get there. Or maybe you’re someone who assumes self-criticism is a permanent part of your personality. Rest assured you’re not alone—millions of people struggle with the toll that excessive self-criticism takes on their minds, energy levels, jobs, and relationships. Psychologist and author, Rachel Turow, of The Self-Talk Workout is here to help us tackle nagging self-criticism with six techniques.

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5 Ways to Feel Like You're Doing Enough: https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/five_ways_to_feel_like_youre_doing_enough

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3 Body Language Behaviors That Can Maximize Your Impact at Work Aug 08, 2023

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Did you know your body language can influence your career more than your actual experience?! The founder of Body Talk, Richard Newman reveals insights on the small–but impactful–shifts anyone can make to become a more powerful communicator including three body language behaviors. Plus, Richard shares the one secret that transforms your influence in every situation, so that you can inspire, motivate and lead people.

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Book: Lift Your Impact: Transform Your Mindset, Influence, and Future to Elevate Your Work, Team, and Life: https://ukbodytalk.com/books/lift-your-impact/

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BodyTalk Website: www.UKBodyTalk.com

Richard Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/richardnewmanspeaks/

Richard LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardnewmanspeaks

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How to Manage Up at Work + How to Succeed With Any Boss Aug 01, 2023

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As a skill, managing up can do more for your career than simply 'networking' ever could—and this episode shows you how. Learn to manage up and achieve success in the workplace with any type of boss with leadership coach and author, Mary Abbajay.

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Managing Up Book: https://managingupthebook.com

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3 Questions to Build a Portfolio Career + Future-Proof Your Professional Identity Jul 25, 2023

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How can you protect yourself from changes in the workplace, a layoff, or even just needing a work change to reflect a new season of life? The answer is a portfolio career. Author and Harvard Business School professor Christina Wallace is here to share why it’s important to approach your career as a diversified portfolio, how to translate that to work, and the three questions to ask your network to help you build your personal Venn diagram.

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Christina Wallace Website: https://christinawallace.com

The Portfolio Life book: https://christinawallace.com/author

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How To Reimagine Ambition + The Ways We Strive with Rainesford Stauffer Jul 18, 2023

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Learn how to reimagine your ambition and the ways you strive with the author of All The Gold Stars, Rainesford Stauffer. Rainesford helps explain the difference between ambition and achievement, the antidote for burnout and loneliness, and what you can do today if you’ve ever felt like your self-worth is tied to your ambition.

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Rainesford on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rainesford_stauffer/

All The Gold Start book: https://bit.ly/3POwxK3

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Want to Develop a Growth Mindset? Try Growth Loops With Anne-Laure Le Cunff Jul 11, 2023

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Want to grow at work? Get out of a mixed mindset and head toward growth—and develop a long-term growth mindset. PhD neuroscience researcher, Anne Laure Le Cunff of Ness Labs, is teaching us how to use growth loops and why they work better for long-term success.

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4 Proven Ways to Kick Your Procrastination Habit Jul 04, 2023

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A lot of research has gone into the subject of motivating and influencing others, but what happens when the person you most want to influence is you? Social psychologist and author of Get It Done, Ayelet Fishbach, is here to help. She offers insights on the science of motivation along with tips and cognitive tricks to help you overcome procrastination and achieve your goals.

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