Sitting on the client side of the table allows for true understanding of the relative importance of things and the real reasons that agencies get eliminated.

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Analogously, students may resort to pattern matching and memorization as they reach the upper levels of learning because they lack the foundational knowledge needed for true understanding.

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There is a disconnect for many today in understanding the difference between a short-term want and our true core values.

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This is especially true for an emerging food-products technology the safety of which even the FDA has acknowledged a lack of understanding.

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Given the increasingly complex and ever-changing dynamics around compensation, what are the steps women executives can take to properly plan for their future rather than fall financially victim to it by their own lack of preparedness or true understanding of their plan?

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