Hello, my friend, and welcome to another episode of Negotiate Anything.

Thanks for spending time with us today.

It's listeners like you in 181 different countries that have made Negotiate Anything the most popular negotiation and conflict resolution podcast in the world.

I'm your host, Kwame Christian.

I'm a business lawyer, mediator,

professor, and the director of the American Negotiation Institute. Before we get started,

I have two quick questions for you. Is negotiation a critical part of what you do? Do you need

to resolve conflict and persuade at work? If you answered yes to both of those questions,

visit our website to learn more

about our negotiation workshops. We've traveled the country working with professionals just like

you, and we'd love to have the opportunity to work with you too. Check out the link in the

description to learn more. Emily, thanks for joining us today. Thanks for having me, Kwame. Yeah,

it's my pleasure. So how would you get

started by telling us a little bit about yourself and what you do? Sure. So I'm Emily Aries. I'm the

founder and CEO of a personal and professional development organization called Bossed Up. Started in

2013. I really wake up every day helping women and marginalized communities advocate for radical progress in their career.

I've got to bossed up because frankly, I had been an advocate in the professional and public domain in campaigns and elections in the world of politics, which I know is near and dear to your heart

as well. But I completely burnt out. I was so busy martyring myself for the cause, for the

campaign, for others, that I, especially as a young woman, struggled to learn how to effectively

advocate for myself. And so that led me down a rabbit hole of research and

really question asking and reading all that I could, talking to researchers, assembling an

advisory board and launching bossed up to help others who struggle with the same really become

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