But you should think about what you would do if the company were to let you go and position yourself to be able to bounce back as fast as possible.

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Or perhaps, maybe a better way to put it would be what do you think the data shows about where the progress is?

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The beginning of a new calendar year is a good time for every manager to take stock and think about what you would do if you were starting fresh.

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And I said to her, hmm, let's think about like what would happen if you were wait-listed everywhere?

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What you shouldn't do is stay in one job and think about how different your life would be if you took another.

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It was just unexpected, given what you might think about people like this: it would have been so easy for them to just ignore me.

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What I said to you about the third quarter, I think almost no one would dispute it.

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Think for a minute about what your own life would be like if you actually did this.

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The advice I would give to women is the same I would give to men, and that is to think very carefully about what hard and soft skills you offer to a prospective employer and be able to articulate those skills.

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