Stand Up For Yourself! Do Not Be A Doormat: Ambition is not a Dirty Word

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Stand Up For Yourself! Do Not Be A Doormat

This article reprinted from the Debra Condren Weblog. The original article can be found online:
http://ambitchous.typepad.com/ambition_is_not_a_dirty_w/2010/08/stand-up-for-yourself-do-not-be-a-doormat.html
© 2009, Debra Condren

"How to Stop Beating Yourself Up, Putting Yourself Down, and Selling Yourself Short."
Great article -- and you can listen to the audio below -- in Goodhousekeeping's August issue by Betsy Rapoport.
Judy Rubino reads you this article, "Stand Up For Yourself! 10 Simple Steps,"
chosen from her weekly selections. Click here to listen to her 12 minute audio of the article that offers up step-by-step advice for recognizing--and overcoming--the most common acts of socially sanctioned self-sabotage we women do to ourselves. Let's stop selling ourselves short!

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