Confidence is more attractive than anything you could put on your body. And that brings me to my other point: Owning your

obvious. When you hold yourself to the same standard in your work that you do as a friend, girlfriend, student, or otherwise, it pays off.

I think we are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not. —Joan

It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things. —Leonardo

Don’t ever try to impress upon the person you’re about to fire how hard the situation is for you, because that person is losing his or her job, so it’s obviously harder on them. Resist the urge to overexplain or even to apologize. Keep it as short and sweet as you possibly can, because the more personal you try to make it, the more personally your

blink. It is entirely yours to discover and yours to create. That’s the number one thing, perhaps even the only

education in itself: It was one of the first times that I had ever finished something that I set out to

up to reward extroverts, and therefore it can be easier for introverts to feel overlooked or as if they don’t measure up. For instance, even if you know all the answers but don’t want to call attention to yourself by raising your hand, you might end up feeling, or being perceived as, less smart than the kids flailing their arms to get the teacher’s

You want to know what four words I probably hate the most? “That’s not my job.” Nasty Gal is not a place where these four words fly. At