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Nothing
personal
Nothing stings quite like a rejection letter, and Suzanne Falter-Barns
felt it keenly each time (27 times, in fact) that one slipped in
through the mail slot.
The struggling novelist signed with a literary agent, but nobody
wanted to buy her manuscript. One day, she sat down with her stack
of rejection letters and read them all, one by one. "Immediately,
I began to understand something about rejection:
it's nothing personal," she writes in an essay on Myria.
"We all have our share of scathing reviews, bitter rejections,
and out-and-out failure, but ultimately, who even cares? The bigger
question is: Can you go to bed comforted by the thought that you
came a little closer toward accomplishing your vision? Can you say
to yourself, I did my work -- my real work -- today?"
Teens
think small
Teenage girls may have big dreams, but when it comes to business
they think small. A survey
of teenage girls concludes 87 percent would feel more comfortable
working for a small company while only 65 percent had a favorable
impression of large firms.
This is good news for small businesses that have trouble competing
with the big guys for employees. The survey also shows that employers
should be thinking about how to challenge these young women: 87
percent expect to hold a leadership position in the future.
Money
& motivation
Financial guru Suze Orman grew up poor on Chicago's South Side and
became rich beyond her dreams as a financial planner, author and
motivational speaker. Money made her life easier, but she wasn't
necessarily happier as a wealthy woman.
No matter how big the paycheck, you'll never be satisfied with
your finances until you go back into the past and understand the
source of
your attitude about money, advises Orman.
"Most of us, I think, have a core of anxiety that we carry around
with us, though we may not admit it to ourselves. That is part of
money's power over us."
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