The social fabric created by the pervasive and smart use of an enterprise social network emboldens and empowers people.

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It makes you impotent at the negotiating table and it emboldens your opposition.

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Courage emboldens you to confront that fear and do what is necessary.

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Sheryl Sandberg has started an important conversation, one that encourages more of us to ask for flexibility and emboldens us to talk about it.

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Like Venters, Kristi Blicharski, a Los Angeles-based empowerment coach and business strategist, thinks it's important to encourage the uniqueness of others without judgment because it emboldens both confidence and creativity.

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If anything, controversy emboldens The Duke, and it will be interesting to see just how many sales the game racks up, thanks in part to all the added press like this surrounding its release.

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You knew better than anyone because you knew every time this nation has been attacked -- you particularly who wear the uniform -- every time this nation is attacked, you knew it only emboldens us to stand up and to strike back.

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Inspiration emboldens us to persevere.

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