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LEADERSHIP SECRETS OF HILLARY CLINTON

ous and unequivocal voice in support of women’s rights
in every country, every region, on every continent.

Hillary’s words and actions resonate resiliency, and your
words and actions can, too. Here are five secrets that we can
learn from her.

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Resiliency is built on self-awareness. This includes knowl-
edge of your values, beliefs, emotions, and attitudes as well
as your strengths and weaknesses. It also means recogniz-
ing what is holding you back in any given situation. Once
you understand this about yourself, you can take a more
realistic look at any situation and determine your choices.
We always have choices.
For example, if you are asked to make a presentation, but
the last time you made one, the feedback was not great, and
so you are reluctant to do it again, you can either find a
good excuse for not doing it or accept knowing that you
will need to figure out how to be more successful this time.
Believe it or not, there is no right answer here. It depends
on what your goals are, how you can leverage your
strengths, and what you think the payoff will be for the
amount of effort that it will take you to learn more about
making effective presentations. This kind of soul searching
will help you see more choices available to you in this par-

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