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3 Listening Skills to Help You Improve Collaboration & Relationships

Photo credit: iStockphoto.com (Ponomariova_Maria) There’s a funny thing – actually, a few funny things – about how we think about listening.  One is that when we feel we haven’t been listened to, our best response is to repeat ourselves, only louder. Or to retreat and say nothing at all.  Another funny thing is that although […]

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Don’t Be Thrown by Headlines – and Celebrate Small Wins

Photo credit: iStockphoto.com (PCH-Vector) Brittney Castro, a Certified Financial Planner who has worked alongside brands ranging from Chase to ETrade to Zoom, started working in the field at 22 – just when everyone was experiencing the Great Recession. She observed, in her words, “everyone freaking out” and wondered why. Logically, she understands that downward cycles […]

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Be Courageous Enough to Examine Your Feelings about Money. And Then Set Positive Goals

Photo credit: iStockphoto.com (treety) Mollie West Duffy is an expert in organizational development, learning and development, and leadership development and coaching. She previously was an organizational design lead at global innovation firm IDEO and has helped advise and coach leaders and founders at companies including Casper, Google, LinkedIn, Bungalow, and Slack. She is the co-author […]

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How to Feel More Financially Secure

Photo credit: iStockphoto.com (lemono) Personal finance expert Farnoosh Torabi likes to say that surveys show that 75 percent of Americans are anxious about their finances – and the other 25 percent are lying.  “We would rather chat about death, our sex lives, and politics before revealing what is in our bank accounts,” she says.  But […]

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