When “Success” Costs You Yourself

What I learned after getting everything I thought I wanted

Years ago, I picked up a book called Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office: 101 Unconscious Mistakes Women Make That Sabotage Their Careers.

I remember thinking, “Oh yeah, this is really going to help me.” And yes, it offered great ideas—along with a long list of things I thought I needed to “fix” about myself to succeed.

I was the classic “nice girl.”
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