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I finally got a hostel! It's nice — I'll be sharing it with three other girls, so I hope they're nice too. I'm moving in tomorrow after buying some essentials. And yes, I'm still homesick and missing my mom.

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Let's be honest !! I Am Not the finished article

Remember - Nothing looks pretty in the beginning. Even the most beautiful rose bush was once just a patch of dirt with a seed hidden from view.

Did you know while Napoleon Hill was researching and writing Think and Grow Rich he was himself, not rich and had many, many trials and tribulations and financial disasters and it took him over 20 years to interview the most successful people in the world to learn their secrets so he definitely was not an overnight success yet he wrote probably one of, if not “The” most successful book in history…

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Stop saying 'I'm so busy.' Harvard researchers say this is what successful people do instead

Guess what? Everyone is busy, so while you might think the message you're sending is, "I'm really slammed," what the other person really hears is, "What I'm doing is more important than you." Once that divisiveness sets in, things can get toxic...fast.

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4 TIPS FOR DEVELOPING YOUR PERSONAL LEADERSHIP STYLE

Developing your personal leadership style doesn’t need to wait until you hit the C-suite. Wherever you are in your career, you can cultivate the essential habit of self-awareness. The process of finding a style will look different for everyone, but here are a few key steps you can take to make sure you're developing an approach that is true to you.

Try these four tips for developing your personal leadership style: 

1. Imitation is the enemy 

2. Know your strengths (and weaknesses) 

3. Understand the influence of bias 

4. Be brave

Learn more. 

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Why Emotional Intelligence Is Important in Leadership

Your technical skills will only get you so far. If you aspire to be in a leadership role, you need to focus on improving your emotional intelligence.

The technical skills that helped secure your first promotion might not guarantee your next. If you aspire to be in a leadership role, there’s an emotional element you need to consider. It’s what helps you successfully coach teams, manage stress, deliver feedback, and collaborate with others.

It’s called emotional intelligence, and accounts for nearly 90 percent of what sets high performers apart from peers with similar technical skills and knowledge.

WHAT IS EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE?

Emotional intelligence is defined as the ability to understand and manage your own emotions, as well as recognize and influence the emotions of those around you. The term was first coined in 1990 by researchers John Mayer and Peter Salovey, but was later popularized by psychologist Daniel Goleman.

More than a decade ago, Goleman highlighted the importance of emotional intelligence in leadership, telling the Harvard Business Review, “The most effective leaders are all alike in one crucial way: They all have a high degree of what has come to be known as emotional intelligence. It’s not that IQ and technical skills are irrelevant. They do matter, but...they are the entry-level requirements for executive positions.”

Over the years, emotional intelligence—also known as EQ—has evolved into a must-have skill. Research by EQ provider TalentSmart shows that emotional intelligence is the strongest predictor of performance. And hiring managers have taken notice: 71 percent of employers surveyed by CareerBuilder said they value EQ over IQ, reporting that employees with high emotional intelligence are more likely to stay calm under pressure, resolve conflict effectively, and respond to co-workers with empathy.

THE FOUR COMPONENTS OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE

Emotional intelligence is typically broken down into four core competencies:

Self-awareness

Self-management

Social awareness

Relationship management

In order to improve your emotional intelligence, it’s important to understand what each element entails. Here is a closer look at the four categories . . . 

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6 TIPS TO PREPARE FOR YOUR NEXT SALARY NEGOTIATION

Keep these 6 tips in mind when negotiating your salary: 1. Know your value 2. Set a baseline, but be ambitious 3. Practice your talking points 4. Take time to respond 5. Don't bargain against yourself 6. Consider the full package Learn more.

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COMING HOME TO HBS

My son Francesco was 3 months old when I started at HBS in August 2014. In the winter break of my EC year, my little daughter Giulia Maria was born. Francesco was 2 and a half and Giulia Maria was 8 months old when I started my job at Microsoft in Silicon Valley right after graduation.

Since my husband and I were starting a family at the same time I was starting my MBA, I applied only to schools that met the following two criteria:

Located where my husband would have been able to relocate with his job;

Was a top school. Since we were moving out of our home country of Italy (and literally out of our lives) our financial, emotional, and time investment had to be very much worth it.

HBS matched both criteria, and when I got accepted, I simply had no doubts. Three years post-graduation, I have never thought once that I could have made a better choice, and here’s why.

Read more. 

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The Bright Future of Small Business in America

Karen Mills provides an example of the bright future of small businesses from her new book, “Fintech, Small Business, and The American Dream,” with the story of Ron Siegel and his pursuit to start When Pigs Fly, the now popular New England bakery.