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What do Halloween costumes reveal about personality traits? If you look behind the “trick or treat” mask of these Halloween costumes for women and men, you can see right into people’s thoughts, dreams, and personality! In fact, what your Halloween mask reveals could be more important than what it hides. If you could dress up as anything [...] The life lesson: a woman can lose her personal identity in a romantic relationship – and not realize it until it’s too late! The successful woman: George Eliot, a prolific writer who lived in the 1880’s. Her real name was Mary Anne Evans (she uses a male pen name so her work would be taken [...] The life lesson: to get results in life, you need to communicate effectively (and communication tip #1 is to keep it short!). The successful woman: Joan Didion, an American novelist who started her career at Vogue magazine. Here’s her take on “seeing Jane soar”: “The willingness to accept responsibility for one’s own life is the source from [...] The life lesson: what it means to be a successful woman can be narrowed down…but not defined? The successful woman: Eleanor Roosevelt. “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent,” said Roosevelt – and that right there is a key definition of a successful woman! In this case, there’s no “one size fits all.” Here [...] The life lesson: to be fully yourself – authentic and real – you have to let go of other people’s expectations. The successful woman: Maria Shriver, journalist and author of Just Who Will You Be? “As long as I was trying to anticipate what people wanted from me, as long as I was trying to fulfill other people’s expectations, [...] The life lesson: keeping your self-identity means owning your unique point of view! The successful woman: Sarah Ban Breathnach. “One of the most important milestones we’ll hit along the way is the moment when we finally own our own unique point of view and realize how priceless it is,” writes Ban Breathnach in Simple Abundance: A Daybook of [...] The life lesson: there are specific ways to improve a negative body image, which will make you happier and healthier. I promise! The successful woman: singing diva Christina Aguilera. “I think that whatever size or shape body you have, it’s important to embrace it and get down!” says singer Christina Aguilera. “The female body is something that’s so beautiful. I wish [...] Maria Shriver writes and speaks about living your own life and writing your own story. When I hear Michelle Obama share her goals for Barack’s term in the White House – such as creating an “Obama China pattern” – I wonder what Maria Shriver’s advice for her would be! After all, Shriver is a successful woman, [...] The life lesson: you can live lavishly no matter how little money you earn or how tired, ill, or just plain crazy you feel. The woman who wasn’t well-behaved: Wangari Maathai. How do we know Maathai wasn’t well-behaved? Listen to how her ex-husband describes her: “…too educated, too strong, too successful, too stubborn, and too hard to control,” he said. You [...] Are you criticized for the clothes you wear to work? Don’t let it get to you! Take Whoopi Goldberg’s, who is a genuine “woman who wasn’t well-behaved.” But remember — there may be a cost associated with wearing whatever you want to work… Did you hear Whoopi’s response on The View to the woman who criticized her clothes? Among [...] The “See Jane Soar” life lesson: the more real and authentic you are, the more people will like and respect you. Love you, even! The successful woman: Diana, Princess of Wales. She was authentic about her eating disorder, personality, and marriage: “There were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded,” said Princess [...] |
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