how to ask for what you want - and be ok with rejection


Hi Reader, We’ve all had a coworker like this, and perhaps it even describes us. Let me know if this sounds familiar to you: When I was working at LinkedIn, I had a coworker who was well liked and did great work. She had been at the company for a few years and I was always curious why she hadn’t been promoted. Then one day, she was! When I congratulated her, she dropped a huge career lesson on me. She told me that her boss hadn’t known she had wanted to get promoted. Once she mentioned it to...