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The life lesson: you have to stop doing too much and regularly recharge your batteries, or you’ll burn out! The successful woman: Oprah Winfrey, who balances achievement with periods of rest…and knows the importance of figuring out her true intentions. “If you neglect to recharge a battery, it dies,” says Oprah. “And if you run full speed [...] The life lesson: following your heart may be the fastest route to fame and fortune! The successful woman: J.K. Rowling, whose goal was to write what she loved and amuse herself in the process – not to make a million bucks or become famous. The icing on the cake? Her wildly successful Harry Potter books and movies. I don’t think achieving [...] The life lesson: getting what you want out of life requires you to go beyond just wishing, hoping, and dreaming! The successful woman: Angelina Jolie (and I’m not talking about Brad Pitt here!). “Try to be completely who you are,” says Jolie. “Figure out what you love. And, go after it with everything you’ve got no [...] 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 [...] One of the reasons I admire Oprah Winfrey is because she knows that connection is the key to success for women at work, home, and play. She has made it her business to connect with people of all ages and nationalities. She connects on numerous levels – and that’s why she’s a successful woman. The idea of connection as a key to success [...] The life lesson: not only can you make envy work for you — it can improve your life! The successful woman: Helen Gurley Brown – a woman envied by men and women alike. Here’s what Gurley Brown says about envy: “Nearly every glamorous, wealthy, successful career woman you might envy now started out as some kind of schlep.” Few women are [...] “See Jane Soar” sprouts from Laurel Thatcher Ulrich’s now-famous slogan, “Well-behaved women seldom make history.” Here’s what this successful woman really meant when she penned the phrase – and how it took a few wrong turns! I first heard the phrase “well-behaved women rarely make history” from Canadian singer Jann Arden on CBC one morning. I was [...] |
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