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"\n\tAdvertisement - Continue Reading Below\n\t\n\n\uD83D\uDCA5 Buy tickets for Fun Fearless Life 2015 here. \uD83D\uDCA5\n\nThe only way to have the fun, fearless life you crave and deserve is by respecting yourself and your potential and making sure everyone else does.In my book, Knowing Your Value, I wrote about the ways that I, like many women, held myself back career-wise by undervaluing myself. Knowing your worth \u2014 and acting like it \u2014 is essential to success at work and happiness on a personal level. Here's how to lay the groundwork for your incredible career and love life.1. Start strong. Not having a ton of skill and experience doesn't mean you don't have inherent value, so act like you do. Make clear that you have gumption, an interest in learning, and a willingness to work hard.2. Make the best damn coffee. Regardless of where you are in the pecking order, take responsibility for the tasks assigned to you. If you're getting someone coffee, get their order exactly right.3. Don't let your job be a bad boyfriend. Women, unlike men, don't always know when their value is rising and when it's time to push for more at work. Being overly helpful and eager, waiting for your boss to promote you, is like waiting for a bad boyfriend to propose. In both cases, if you allow people to step on you, they will.4. Work it in romance. Make your voice heard in love too. If something in your relationship is subpar and you don't respect yourself enough to speak up, your partner will assume you don't expect better.5. Change it. Upgrade how people see you with a few simple physical cues. Don't hunch, speak clearly, look people directly in the eyes, and get your hair out of your face! Practice by doing dry runs of scary conversations in the mirror.Photo credit: Andrew Hetherington"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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