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How to tackle those difficult conversations

stylist’s editorial director lisa smosarski shares her career wisdom

The very first difficult conversation I had at work is etched into my memory, which tells you something because it was over two decades ago. I was a few months into my first job and thought I was doing well, until I was pulled to one side and told I was saying “no” too much. “No”, it turned

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