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All You Have Is Your Name

By Nicki Sanders | Oct 25, 2021 | Comments Off on All You Have Is Your Name

  I’ve said many times that “You are a brand, and your career is your business”. What I mean is: (1) build your professional reputation like the brand that it is – the brand of you, and (2) treat your career with intentionality and focus like a business. I am a writer and a systems […]

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Women of Color Deserve Equal Pay for Equal Work

By Nicki Sanders | Oct 22, 2021 | Comments Off on Women of Color Deserve Equal Pay for Equal Work

  Do Latinas really lose more than $1,000,000 in a lifetime?! Latinas’ Equal Pay Day, the day that Latinas must work just to make as much as their white, non-Hispanic male counterparts made in the previous year was yesterday, October 21st. A Latina would need to work until she is nearly 90 years old (eight […]

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Set Boundaries: Make Yourself Your Priority

By Nicki Sanders | Oct 20, 2021 | Comments Off on Set Boundaries: Make Yourself Your Priority

  Set Boundaries: Make Yourself Your Priority Remember that we agreed to dedicate the month of October to discovering and eliminating our limiting beliefs! Today we are focusing on our self-perception which can often lead to silencing ourselves, people-pleasing, and loose boundaries. Healthy boundaries are important in both our personal and professional lives. Healthy boundaries […]

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2021 Pack A Purse™ Drive Without A Purse Packing Party

By Nicki Sanders | Oct 18, 2021 | Comments Off on 2021 Pack A Purse™ Drive Without A Purse Packing Party

  My 100-acre dream includes a Foster Youth Resource Center where Pack A Purse™ Drive and Pack A Backpack™ Drive donations can be collected and distributed year-round. In addition to connecting youth and young adults who are at risk of aging out of foster care or have aged out of foster care with community resources, […]

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Another Reason to Do Work That You Love!

By Nicki Sanders | Oct 15, 2021 | Comments Off on Another Reason to Do Work That You Love!

  I used Zoom at least monthly for coaching before the coronavirus pandemic. Since the pandemic I have been saying that I am “Zoomed Out” – which includes Google Meet and Microsoft Teams. Video conferences wear me out. Quite often I don’t even turn on my camera. Enough already! Before my vacation last month, I […]

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Why Do We Continue to Push This Limited View of Social Work?

By Nicki Sanders | Oct 13, 2021 | Comments Off on Why Do We Continue to Push This Limited View of Social Work?

  For the entire month of October, I am working to actively uncover and eliminate limiting beliefs that are weighing me down as I pursue my next level in my career. Today I am discussing two of the limited views of my chosen career field – social work. Social workers don’t need to be paid […]

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Listen To Yourself

By Nicki Sanders | Oct 11, 2021 | Comments Off on Listen To Yourself

  The world is a loud, noisy place. Noise is not only distracting, but noise is also deceiving. Noise will cause you to look outward for insight and answers. Noise will cause you to believe that things must happen a certain way and by a certain time.  Noise makes it easy to overlook or avoid […]

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Limit Your Limiting Beliefs to Conquer Your Limitations

By Nicki Sanders | Oct 8, 2021 | Comments Off on Limit Your Limiting Beliefs to Conquer Your Limitations

  Limiting beliefs are subconscious thoughts that determine how we see ourselves, the world, and what is possible for us. Limiting beliefs can affect our health, well-being, and success by putting boundaries around what we consider appropriate behavior, who we connect to, and what opportunities we pursue. Limiting beliefs can make you feel less than, […]

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The 2021 Social Media Outage is Relevant to Your Career

By Nicki Sanders | Oct 6, 2021 | Comments Off on The 2021 Social Media Outage is Relevant to Your Career

  We live in a highly technological world! How did you make it through the big social media outage of 2021? Everyone from retired grandparents to middle school students to solopreneurs to Fortune 500 companies were impacted by these major social media sites going down today. Was it hackers, a whistleblower, the military, the CIA, Mark […]

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