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Learning to love that thing you hate about yourself is an essential leadership skill

Learning to love that thing you hate about yourself is an essential leadership skill

by Lisa Kohn | Mar 2, 2017 | Awareness

I was sitting across the desk from my client, waiting for him to speak. “Do you really mean I have to embrace it?” he asked. “Do you really think I can?” We were talking about something horrific that had happened to him a long time ago, and how...

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