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What I told people, I was making a podcast about Benghazi.

Nine times out of ten, they called me a masochist, rolled their eyes, or just asked, why?

Benghazi, the truth became a web of lies.

From prologue projects and Pushkin Industries, this is Fiasco, Benghazi.

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This is Laura.

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Today's tip is to figure out what you want to do first.

Only then do you need to put a lot of energy into figuring out how you're going to do it. Today's tip comes from career coach

Jenny Blake. In her book, Pivot, the only move that matters is your next one, she offers

guidance for thinking about what

is next professionally. But a lot of her advice is relevant, even if you are not considering a career

switch. For instance, she advises that people avoid the tyranny of the how. She attributes the

phrase tyranny of the hows to coach Jeff Jacobson.

Blake says that when people are approaching a big decision, they tend to focus immediately on

how, which can lead to what she calls panic mode. She gives the example of a person who is

unhappy at work and thinking about changing jobs.

The person wonders how she is going to tell her manager, I mean really playing through that whole

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