No Explanation Required!: A Woman's Guide to Assert Your Confidence and Communicate to Win at Work

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What’s Like Got to Do with It?

The Rewards of Respect

KEY TAKEAWAY

Likability in life and your career is not the goal. Respect is the goal—earning it, keeping it, exuding it, and building on it.

I have a cousin who was one of the cool kids in the neighborhood. Growing up a child of immigrants, I marveled at how my cousin so easily adopted American culture. She donned trendy door-knocker hoop earrings, a cool asymmetrical haircut, the most modern clothes, but most importantly, she could jump rope Double Dutch style. I was not well-versed in ...