Have you heard someone described as a ‘good guy’ before? Probably. I hear this all the time. So-and-so is a good guy. The weird part is that it’s often used in a business setting, as if being a good guy makes someone good at their job. Is there a female counterpart for this? Good woman? Nice lady? Solid female? There is no comparable name for a woman.
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Women spend a lot of money on beauty products. A survey conducted just a few years ago by SkinStore showed that women spend an estimated $300,000 just on makeup and skincare over the course of their lifetime.
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I thought anchoring had to do with boating, how does this have to do with negotiation?
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In 2017, a woman and a man who worked together and shared an email inbox conducted an experiment. This experiment began when the man, Martin, accidentally had his female colleague’s name, Nicole, in his signature.
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Maisie Williams, the actress made famous from Game of Thrones, said “I feel like we should stop calling feminists 'feminists' and just start calling people who aren't feminist 'sexist' – and then everyone else is just human.”
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Working out has lots of benefits. Some people do it to have a clear mind, some people do it for toned arms, some people do it so they won’t feel guilty when they indulge in cake (or pizza!). But did you know there are a few key benefits of working out that help your career? Turns out, working out is linked to making more money. I’ve listed 4 important reasons how working out will help your career, and get you more (pizza) dough.
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Silence is perhaps the most underrated negotiation tool. I also find it to be the most challenging. Fun fact: silence begins to feel ‘awkward’ after 4 seconds. Humans are predisposed to dislike long awkward pauses.
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There’s a shortage of women reaching upper levels of management. In some industries, there’s a shortage of women at all levels. In these industries in particular it can be hard not to see other women as your competition.
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Women are challenged with working as if they don’t have families, and parenting as if they don’t have careers. We face double standards that men don’t face. I won’t even get into the crummy parental leave policies, because it’s worth its own post (or several).
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Intersectionality is defined as the interconnected nature of social categorizations such as race, class, and gender as they apply to a given individual or group, regarded as creating overlapping and interdependent systems of discrimination or disadvantage.
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Asking for what you want more often will get you more rejections. To use an extreme example, if you ask for a raise every quarter, you’re doing to get told no. Even if you ask yearly you may get told no.
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Asking for free pizza serves a purpose to practice negotiating in business. For now, I’ll break down the tips to get you free pizza, and will forego the business tips.
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It was a Tuesday night in NYC, around 8pm. I had just finished a day at work, and then a workout class. On the way home I was starving, and went into a pizza place I had never been to.
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What is The Pizza Principle? I’m so glad you asked! To best explain this, let’s go back to an encounter I had a couple of years ago. It was a Tuesday night in NYC, around 8pm. I had just finished a day at work, and then a workout class. On the way home I was starving, and went into a pizza place I had never been to.
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