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b Cause Work Doesn't Have to Suck — 310 episodes

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309: How to Handle Tough Conversations Without Losing Your Cool with Gabe Karp

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308: She Stopped Planning Perfect and Everything Changed (Nicole Turns 50!)

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307: Micro Motivator: Why No One Is Listening to You at Work And the Simple Fix

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306: How to Be Civil in a Workplace (and World) That Isn't with Shola Richards

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305: Micro Motivator: How to Handle Your Neurotic Boss Before a Board Meeting

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304: How to Be Yourself When You've Been Told You're Too Much with Drew Sullivan

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303: How to Break Your Toxic Attachment to Work

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302: How to Think Like a Futurist (Especially in a Hot Mess World) with Cecily Sommers

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301: Micro Motivator: How Do I Build Trust as a New Leader?

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300: Behind the Scenes on the Road to 300 Episodes

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299: Micro Motivator: How to Make Your Resume Impossible to Ignore

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298: How to Be a More Relatable Leader (Without Losing Respect) with Rachel DeAlto

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297: How Boundaries Can Be Your Brain Fuel with Sheri Jacobs

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296: Micro Motivator: How to Use a Humility Moment to Build Trust (Fast)

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295: Simple Tweaks to Propel Motivation & Support Menopause with Phil Putnam

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294: How "Not Caring" Can Actually Make You a Better Boss

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293: Micro Motivator: How to Handle the Tell Me About Yourself Interview Question

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292: Tough Love on Why Your Work-Life Balance Might Suck

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291: Real Talk About AI and How it Can Propel You with Dan Chuparkoff

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290: 5 PTSD Work Moments That Taught Us Something Important

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289: How to Stop Letting Stress Run the Show with Dr. Rebecca Heiss

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288: Why You Need a BFF at Work and Other Relationship Advice with Shasta Nelson

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287: How to Elevate Your Creativity and Vibe with Actor, Poet, and Speaker Rashad Rayford

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286: From Loading Planes to Leading Them—Stephanie Chung's Turbulent Climb to the Top

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285: The Power of Selective Ignoring

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284: Networking Strategies That Actually Drive Success with Julie Brown

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283: What if it all goes right with American Ninja Warrior Angela Gargano

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282: How to Leave a Leadership Legacy

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281: A 5-Point Plan to Navigate Brutal Change

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280: Top 10 Products That Have Changed Nicole and Erin's Lives in the Last Year

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279: How Did the Savannah Bananas Start and Lessons From Their Success with Jesse Cole

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278: How She Went from Super Shy to Boldly Brave with Jennifer Pestikas

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277: 3 Mindset Tweaks to Get You Unstuck and Propel You Forward

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276: Why Former BBC Foreign Journalist Melanie Marshall is Optimistic About the World Despite Seeing its Worst

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275: Why Big Goals Backfire—And What to Do Instead

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274: Here Come the Girls with Don Barden

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273: How Outrageous Authenticity is Her Ultimate Power Move with Leigh Brown

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272: Why You and Your Company Need an Identity

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271: Eye-opening, Simple Changes to Nurture Neurodivergent Needs with Pasha Marlowe

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270: The Twelve Days of Work-mas (2020 Retro Replay)

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269: Tips & Tricks to Conquer Conflict with Gabe Karp

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268: Why You Might Need to Stop Hoarding Money (and Other Unique $ Tips) with Karen Coyne

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267: Tangible Steps to Not Hire Sucky People with Konstanty Sliwowski

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266: 3 Non-obvious Networking Tips to Make Every Connection Count with Robbie Samuels

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265: How to Nourish Neurodivergent Minds in a Neurotypical Workplace

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264: How to Get a Big, Full Life and the Freedom to Enjoy it with Cherylanne Skolnicki

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263: How Simple Words Can Sabotage Your Career with Julie Holunga

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262: What HR Leaders Really Look for in Top Talent with Bruce Wallace

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261: Why Doing Half Helps You Compete in a League of Your Own

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260: How I Took Control of my Health at 50

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259: The Benefits of Making Your Job Less Serious with Kate Davis

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258: How to Be the Most Power-full You with Kathy Caprino

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257: How The 50% Rule Has Impacted Michelle's Approach to Just About Everything

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256: The Human Design Behind Your Flaws

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255: Erin & Nicole From Mall of America: Authenticity as a Currency Can Make You Rich

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254: Hitting 50 Can Be Frickin' Hard AND Fabulous

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253: Why Being Small Can Lead to Big Things with Maritza Gé

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252: The 50% Rule is Out(ish)!

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251: How to Become a Thought Leader in Todays Workplace with Julie Develin

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250: How to Help Stop Global Whining with Christine Cashen

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249: Creative Ways to Zap the Generational Gap at Work with Meagan Johnson

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248: Think Outside the (Brown) Box to Finally Stand out from Your Competition

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247: How to Create and Maintain Better Grown-Up Friendships

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246: Kill Your Company's Complexity with Lisa Bodell

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245: Say Less, Get More with Fotini Iconomopolous

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244: Not Getting What/Where You Want? Focus on These 2 Things with Juan Bendana

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243: 3 Hidden Requirements Critical to Landing Your Next Job

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242: Get on the Frickin Bus

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241: The Power of a Soulcation with Mel Miles

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240: How to Craft Your Story with Confidence

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239: 5 Things I've Learned on My Health Journey

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238: Buck That! Turning 'You Can't' Into Fuel with Kristine Schlichting

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237: Buck That! Living Beyond Physical Limits

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236: Buck That! Dance When Youre Not Supposed to Dance

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235: Buck That! Wrestling His Fate with Dan Blanchard

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234: Speak Up for Yourself Without Being an A-hole with Amy Green Smith

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233: How to Find Peace Beyond Perfection with Dr. Mandy Lehto

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232: How to Embrace Change Without Losing Your Spark

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231: Breaking the Bad Luck Cycle with Chris Dorris

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230: The Power of Non-Obvious Thinking with Rohit Bhargava

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229: Moxie Your Meetings with Fia Fasbinder

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228: Stories of Holiday Imperfections and Mindset Makeovers

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227: Owning Your Journey in a Crappy Environment with Andrea Butcher

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226: How to Deal with Shitty Work Residuals

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225: The Analytical Achiever's Dilemma with Aree Bly

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224: Why You Must Reduce ZMOT to Zero & 3 Strategies to Get There Faster

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223: Tools to Help You Stay Calm in Confrontation with Dr. Bridget Cooper

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222: How to Cultivate Curiosity Over Resistance

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221: How a Small Girl Beat the Big Guys with Sandy Rosenthal

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220: Common LinkedIn Mistakes and Simple Changes to Help You Soar

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219:Drowning in Obligations? 3 Ways to Prioritize Without the Pain

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218: Why Bad Questions Can Sabotage Your Success

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217: Deliver More Captivating Presentations with Dr. Cheryl Wood

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216: How Pushing Back Propelled Her Career Forward with Barb Flitsch

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215: Mindset Shift: Making Yesterday Your Last Bad Day

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214: 5 Things to Avoid if You've Just Been Laid Off

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213: From Mistake to Millionaire: Unveiling an $80,000 Investment Lesson with Tess Waresmith

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212: Tips to Create Your Unique Path to the C-Suite with Julie Ann Alvarado-Dubek

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211: Create a Life Experience Instead of a Vacation

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210: Making an Impact Both Inside and Outside Your Corporate Job with Dr. Kennedy Garcia

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209: Turning Anger into Ambition with Angela Han

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208: Breaking Societal Norms in Parenting, Work & Love with US Women's National Soccer Player, Joanna Lohman

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207: From the Vault: Riding the Elevator Up with Renee Zaugg

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206: From the Vault: Nicole's Moving Out, Up, and Onward

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205: How to Create a Leadership Annuity

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204: From the Vault: How Poker Can Help You Go All-in on Your Career with Erin Lydon

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203: From the Vault: 3 Surprising Interview Tips to Land the Job You Want

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202: From the vault: Game Changing Advice to Make You Fearless at Work with Molly Fletcher

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201: How to Position Yourself for Promotion with Stacy Mayer

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200: Behind the Scenes as Erin & Nicole hit #200 with Heather Pierce

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199: 3 Aha Moments from the She Who Wins Summit

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198: Make Awkwardness Your Career Superpower with Henna Pryor

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197: Practical Tips to Relight Your Burnt-Out Flame with Jason Barnaby

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196: The Impact of Fatphobia in the Workplace

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195: 5 Ways to Get Executives' Attention in a Meeting

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194: From Walking Out to Embracing Conflict to Catapult Her Career with Elizabeth Sandler

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193: How to Sell the Business Case to the Big Guys

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192: Create a Work Wardrobe That Makes You More Confident with Jessica Papineau

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191: How Do You Grieve and Succeed with Addison Brasil

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190: How to Cope With Constant Change

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189: She Who Wins: Overcoming Generational Trauma with Renee Bauer & Lauren Zoeller

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188: Stress, Sex, & Sleep: The Truth About Your March to Menopause with Dr. Fiona Lovely

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187: 5 Powerful Mantras Erin has on Repeat

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186: Rethink Everything with Kristi Turner

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185: Will ChatGPT Make Work Less Miserable or More Maddening?

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184: Overachiever, How to Stop Nexting and Be Enough with Dr. Mandy Lehto

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183: Creating Superfans with Brittany Hodak

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182: New Years Dares

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181: Tackling Tough Conversations with Paru Radia

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180: It's Never Too Late in Life to Side Hustle

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179: Move from a More Money Mindset to Money Bliss with Hanna Bier

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178: How to Achieve Improbable Success by Planting Magic Beans

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177: How He Went from Ignored to His Dream Job with Joshua Cruz

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176: Tips to Prevent Taking the New Job from Honeymoon to Hell

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175: 6 Game Changing Revelations that Everyone Needs to Know with Patti Hall

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174: Avoid Long-term Angst with These Short-term Strategies

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173: How to Make Every Day the Best Damn Day with Chris Dorris

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172: Benefits of Quiet Quitting Normal Performance Evaluations

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171: Do It For Love, Not the Goal with Mollie Marcoux Samaan

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170: How to Gain (and Regain) Trust with David Horsager

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169: 5 Mistakes to Avoid When Working with Executives

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168: The Key to Making an Indelible Impression with Yvonne Alston

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167: How Coming with a Warning Label Fuels Success with Reagan Cannon

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166: Layoff-Proof Yourself: 3 Strategies to Help You Stick Around

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165: The Savannah Bananas' Fans First Strategy You Can Use for Success with Jesse Cole

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164: Benefits of Your Gut Being Your Guide

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163: Simplicity + Serving = Success with Ted Pizzo

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162: 10 Power Questions to Crush Your Interview

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161: How Replacing Perfection with Creating a Vibe Can Change Everything

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160: What to Do (And Not Do) To Create Your Leadership Legacy with Anton Gunn

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159: 10 Things Leaders Can Implement Tomorrow to Reduce Employee Burnout

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158: Leggo My Ego: When Stepping Down Is Actually Stepping Up

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157: How to Have a Big Career by Not Conforming with Martha Temple

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156: 3 Ways to Make the New Job Better Than the Last

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155: Key Learnings from the Secret Society of Success with Tim Schurrer

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154: The Data You Need to Sell Authenticity to Your Leaders

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153: The 3-Step Method to Getting Anything You Want with Brandon Fong

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152: The Importance of Knowing Whys vs. Whats

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151: Learn How to Take a Soulcation with Mel Miles

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150: Stand Out with Your Reverse Mullet Resume

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149: Your Predicament Does Not Determine Your Destiny with Lia Valencia Key

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148: 3 Surprising Interview Tips to Land the Job You Want

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147: Financially Irresponsible Strategies for Success with Rahkim Sabree

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146: How to Turn Your "At Home Person" into Your Career with Scott Shute

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145: How to Get Paid for Your Mind, Not Your Minutes

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144: How to Merge the Two Yous with Paulina Tenner

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143: 3 Fun Strategies to Get Shit (You Don't Wanna Do) Done

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142: Getting Uncomfortable with Jean LaTorre

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141: Sometimes You Just Need to Lindsay Vaughan It

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140: Stand Out from the Crowd on Video with Kerry Barrett

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139: Nicole's Moving Out, Up, and Onward

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138: Rise in the Ranks by Not Playing It Safe with Matt Parrish

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137: 4 Mindset Shifts to Help You Make a Leap

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136: Introducing(ish) b Cause Work Doesn't Have to Suck

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135: The Twelve Days of Work-mas

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134: Selling: Go From Zero to Hero with the LESS Method

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133: Avoid Performance Discussion Pitfalls with This One Strategy

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132: How Coaching Helped Her Realize (and Get) What She's Worth with Jen Shoop

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131: Top 6 Benefits of Returning to the Office After Covid

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130: Redefining "Executive Presence" with Britt Bloch

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129: 3 Tips to Stand Out in Your Next Executive Meeting

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128: The Importance of Authenticity in the Workplace with Elisa van Dam

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127: Everyone Talks about Mentors and Sponsors but Never These People

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126: This Mindset Shift Changes Everything: Authenticity Isn't About You

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125: How To Clown Around at Work and Have Massive Success with Emma Stroud

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124: Erin & Nicole on the Remod of the Pod

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123: Game Changing Advice to Make You Fearless at Work with Molly Fletcher

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122: Do You Need a Breath to Think?

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121: Throw Out the Rules with Erin's Dad

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120: From Marketing Exec to Stand-Up Comedian with Heather Tolley-Bauer

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119: 3 Hacks For Asking Powerful Questions That Put You in the Pole Position

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118: Nicole Talks Inspiration: Everything Is Better on a Bagel

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117: A Reading (From Erin's Closet) of You Do You(ish)

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116: Is It Time to Hybrid Your Life?

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115: How Poker Can Help You Go All-in on Your Career with Erin Lydon

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114: Crafting Your Intriguing Intro

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113: What To Do When Your Boss Is A Bully

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112: Unleash Your Swagger with Leslie Ehm

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111: How to Impress Your New Boss

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110: Expectations U with Tameika Devine

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109: Self Care Doesn't Have to Be Rare or out of Despair

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108: What if it Wasn't Weird to Be Weird? with Shelley Brown

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107: Crowdsourced Therapy

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106: Take a Soulcation: How Authenticity Sets Us Free

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105: Make Every Step into a Data Point with Dr. Erin Baker

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104: What Rules Do You Need to Break?

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103: How She Turned Troublemaking into her Profession with Luvvie Ajayi Jones

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102: b Cause Work is Funny - PowerPoint Pain

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101: Flaws Don't Define You, They Refine You with LeRon Barton

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100: The b Cause Quotable Quiz Bowl: Celebrating 100 Episodes

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99: Riding the Elevator up with Renee Zaugg

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98: A b Cause Book(ish) Club

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97: Don't Be a Meme, Be a Maverick

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96: Don't Let Choices Choose You with Andrea Hawkins

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95: Breaking an Addiction to Productivity & Perfectionism

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94: The Future is Better (and Funkier) Than You Can Imagine with Scott Mason

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93: b Cause Work is Funny, Women's Conference's: Segregation

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92: Stop Setting Goals & Start Heading for the South Pole

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91: Be Undaunted with Kara Goldin, CEO of Hint, Inc.

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90: The Twelve Days of Work-mas

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89: How to Make the Perfect Pitch

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88: Unapologetic Confidence with Christina Glickman

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87: Performance Evaluations and Meow

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86: Are You burnt-out or Bored-out? with Kea Meyers Duggan

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85: Let's Make You the Valedictorian of LinkedIn

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84: You Have To Ask Yourself How Far You Are Willing To Go with Ted Yang

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83: You're Making Other People Rich with Ryan Sterling

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82: b Cause Work is Funny: Open Office Spaces

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81: How to Climb Out of Your Sinkhole and Find Your Mojo

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80: Erin's TEDx Talk and Nicole's Forbes JUST 100

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79: 3 Tips to Get Ahead at Work During Covid

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78: How She went from Stuck to Soaring in One Month

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77: You Don't Have to Wear a Robe to Rule

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76: Thoughtful Fearlessness with La-Toya Hackney

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75: b Cause Work is Funny: Women's Conferences, Ice Breakers

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74: It's The Small Things That Cause Big Transformation

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73: Getting Uncomfortable with Jean LaTorre

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72: Future Diary Follow-up: Building a Bridge to Your Dream Life

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71: How Tara Went from Bored to Board Room in 6 Months

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70: Introducing: b Cause Work is Funny

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69: The Power of a Future Diary

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68: Leadership Lessons from a Real Survivor with Kim Spradlin-Wolfe

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67: Are You an A-H.O.L.E ?

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66: Taming Lions and Slaying Comparison Monsters with Hilary Billings

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65: Be a Rebel, Take a Soulbbatical: Erin Interviews Shelley Paxton

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64: Business Buzzword Bingo

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63: Personality Isn't Permanent with Dr Benjamin Hardy

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62: Stop Judging How People Judge You

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61: The Weight of a Whisper: Erin Interviews Rafat Fields

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60: bCause Black Lives Matter

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59: Flattening the Curve on Bullshit

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58: Making Everyday a Soulcation: Nicole Interviews Melody Miles

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57: b Cause Without a List We Can't Persist: Top 10 Pandemic Positives

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56: The Mr. Thank You Project: Erin Interviews John Israel

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55: Nicole Gets a Promotion!

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54: Don't Take "No" for an Answer: Erin Interviews Erin Berube

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53: Lockdown Meltdown: The 10-Min "Say Yes" Rule

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52: When Something Big is Broken, Fix it Yourself: Erin Talks with Superfan Expert, Brittany Hodak

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51: The Key to Sur-thrival: It Isn't "U" or "I" but Starts with the Letter "A"

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50: SPECIAL EPISODE: Finding Clarity In Crisis

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49: If You Want Real Change, You Have to Go Through the Birth Canal First

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48: The Reformer and the Enthusiast Make a Podcast: What Enneagram Type Are You?

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47: "Century Club" Is Not Just A Drinking Game: Growing Old Without Regret

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46: Knowing Your 'Human Design' Can Change Everything: Erin, Nicole and Kaitlyn Czapiga of Soul Magic

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45: Navigating A Sea of Grief: Life, Loss and Literal Shit Storms

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44: If Everyone's Voice Was Heard, What Might Change?: Erin Talks with Kevin Hancock

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43: Is Mentoring Meaningful or a Masochistic Mechanical Bull Ride?

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42: Waging a War on Being Undervalued: Nicole Talks with Cindy Medina Carson, CEO Wager

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41: Fighting for Your Value at Work...and CVS

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40: Feel Amazing Naked: Erin Talks with Amanda Walker

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39: You Can Do Anything You Dream of Doing, Except on Mondays and Tuesdays

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38: Don't Change for the Job, Change the Job (and the Bathroom)

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37: Turning Health Tragedy Into Triumph: Erin Interviews Amy Lacey

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36: Time Management. Or Is It People Management? - Waffle Edition

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35: Sacrifice vs Gain - Pancake Edition

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34: Whose Meeting is it Anyway? The Power of Improv at Work: Erin Talks with Kate G Duffy

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33: Erin & Nicole "Took Over" Their First Women's Event and Did it Their Own Way

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32: Financial Freedom, Our New Favorite "F" Words: Nicole Talks With Alexandra Miele, CFP®

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31: Thankful for 30: Erin & Nicole Recap the First 30 b CAUSE Episodes

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30: You Can Have It All; First You Must Define "All"

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29: The Truth About Open Office Spaces (Special Drinking Game Episode)

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28: Mooki Meets Chachi: How To Drop A Bomb On Bad Leadership

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27: What To Do When Your Boss Is A Bully

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26: Rocking Your Midlife: Television Exec & Host of The New Mid, Michelle Newman

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25: What's Possible When You Come at Things From a Point of Success: Part 2

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24: What's Possible When You Come at Things From a Point of Success: Part 1

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23: Spouses & Partners: What's Holding You Back...Them or Your Own Cobwebs?

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22: Building Your Dream Life: Erin Interviews Elizabeth Hartke

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21: Is Your Paycheck Holding You Back From Dreaming Bigger?

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20: How Authenticity Can Help You Win at Everything, Including Miss USA : Erin Interviews Erin Brady

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19: Work-Life Balance: Personal Oil Changes and Two-Way Streets

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18: Life Is Not Linear: The Art of Reinvention: Nicole Talks To Renée Caggiano Bauer

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17: Setting Boundaries and Unf*cking Yourself: The Spanish Meltdown, Part Deux

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16: Inner Circles and Inner Thoughts: The Spanish Meltdown, Part 1

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15: A Different Way To Tie Your Shoe: Erin's Speech At The Alegeus CDHx Conference

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14: The Power of Presidential Leadership and Hip Hop: Erin Interviews Anton Gunn

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13: Self-Discovery Is Continual: Nicole Gets A Diagnosis (and Where Babies Don't Come From)

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12: Guerrilla Leadership In Urban-America, Ego-Death and Stopping The F***ery: Nicole Interviews Seth Poole, Mayoral Candidate, City of New Haven

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11: Diversity In The Workplace: A Labor Of Love Or Just More Labor For Women?

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10: Erin's a Troll: Nicole Interviews Erin's Mom

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9: How To b A Notorious Leader: Corporate Badges, Deviant Leadership, & Olympic Appetizer Eating

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8: An Executive Recruiter's Authentic Perspective: Erin Interviews Mia Jung

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7: Reaching For The Cheese And The Power Of Location, Location, Location

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6: Erin and Nicole Go on a Field Trip: Authentic People in Authentic Places

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5: How Inspiration is A Circular Reference: Erin Interviews Kaitlyn Czapiga, her Nanny turned entrepreneur.

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4: Planes Trains and Authenticmobiles - Talks of Travel and Implementing Creativity

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3: Erin and Nicole Define Authenticity, and How to Get Out of Being Held Up Abroad.

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2: Get To Know Erin: Corporate Rise Then Dropout, Sniffin' Butts

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1: Get To Know Nicole: Authenticity, Real Problems, Corporate Hostage Taking

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0: The Trailer