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Pt. I. The Professional You. 1. Who Are You Professionally?: What Can You Do And What Are You Willing To Learn?; What Skills Are Necessary For Business Success?; Talking About Yourself; Know Your Weaknesses, But Keep Them To Yourself!; Women's Intuition; Your Ethical Values; What Is Management?; How To Get That Vital Thing: Experience; Sometimes You'll Be Wrong; Expand Your Knowledge Through Education; What Are Your Priorities? -- 2. A Closer Look At Values And Priorities: Duty And Nurturing; Friends And Companions; Independence And Expertness -- 3. Do You Truly Want To Be Boss?: Are You A Manager?; Power Games; How Do You Feel About Money And Security?; The Energy Factor; What Do You Want Out Of Life? -- 4. Facing The Outside Forces: Focusing On Family And Friends; Money, Money, Money; Moving Around -- 5. The Dual-career Couple: Avoiding The Penalties; The New Commuters' Marriage; All Work And No Play; Family Pressures; Role Conflicts At Home; Competition; Who's Involved In A Two-professional Marriage?; Overloading; Rewards And Satisfactions -- 6. The Professional Mother: Should You Become Parents?; Planned Parenthood; Parenting: Learning To Live With The Unexpected; The Interrupted Career; What Do Children Need?; Help -- 7. What Do You Want To Make Of Yourself?: Setting Your Sights; Write It Down; Your Goals And Their Timing; Change Until To When; What Next? -- Pt. Ii. Managing Your Career. 8. Finding Your Organizational Fit: Where To Work, When; The Formal And The Informal System; Corporate Enterprise And Corporate Values; Changing Companies; Analyzing Organizations; Examine Your Career Stage; Your Career And Your Organizational Fit -- 9. Mentors, Models, And Sponsors: Mentors; Sponsors; Role Models; The Ideal And The Pitfalls -- 10. Your Educational Passport: Go Get That Degree; Math Anxiety; Getting Your Advanced Degree; Other Sources Of Education; Read, Read, Read -- 11. Your Professional Style: Find It