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    Optimism, confidence and career change in tough economic times

    iProcrastinate Podcast · Sep 3, 2010 · 33 min
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    This week the tables are turned. I'm interviewed by Alan Kearns, Canada's Career Coach, of careerjoy.com . Alan asked me to discuss the role of optimism, confidence and managing emotions in the career search process. We did this interview quite awhile ago, but Alan had problems with the sound, so he hadn't posted it. I think this is a good follow-up to last week's podcast about fear of failure…

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