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Hi, and welcome to the Talent Trade.

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This is Stephanie Maas, partner with Thinking Ahead Search.

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So if anybody knows me at all.

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You know that there are a couple of things that I
am a total dork goofball over the top person about.

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One is cake.

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The other one is the idea of thankfulness and gratitude.

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Many, many years ago when I started in the business, one of the things that was taught to me
very early on was about what you can and cannot control in a 100% commission-based sales career.

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And the first thing was your work habits.

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Then the second thing was your attitude.

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For a long time, I tried the kind of, everything's
coming up, roses, sunshine, unicorns type of attitude.

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And while I definitely believe in positive thinking and
putting good stuff out there, it's not really who I was.

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Several years into my career, I got introduced to the idea of having an attitude of gratitude.

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And let me assure you.

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That fit me and my personality perfectly, and I found
that even in the darkest, hardest, most challenging times.

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I could always find something to be thankful for.

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And as we approach this holiday season, Thanksgiving is
one of my favorite holidays for a couple different reasons.

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First, I love the food, but I like that there's no other real chaos.

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There's no gift wrapping.

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There's, it's just getting together with people that you love.

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And I'm a total wpo sitting around telling the people
that you love how much you love and care about them.

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And if you can't be together.

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Then you're texting them or calling them or whatever the case may be.

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I love that about that day.

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I have the same traditions that I've had for years, which include
getting up watching the Macy's Day parade while I start baking food.

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I love serving others, so preparing a big meal is not hard for me.

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I'm super thankful for that.

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Get things going in the oven, that smell good.

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Probably throw in a couple glasses of wine, get mushy, and constantly
telling everyone how much I love them and how thankful I am.

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This year in particular, I can't even count the incredible blessings that I've had.

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I'm ridiculously thankful for my friends, my family, my health.

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I am incredibly thankful that I absolutely love my job.

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I am incredibly thankful for the clients that honor
me by letting me represent them out in the market.

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I'm incredibly thankful for my candidates.

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I get to meet just some of the most incredible, interesting people.

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I am thankful for this podcast and my other one that helped me
grow professionally and talk about meeting some incredible people.

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I truly cannot remember a time where I have been
happier and happiness actually feels superficial to me.

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I might have to change the word to joyful.

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Nothing is perfect, and I'm not saying that there aren't things that are hard or,
or difficult because there are, but I have really learned to experience things
at a deeper level, which include changing the idea of going from being happy.

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To being joyful.

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I know the holidays aren't the same for everybody.

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For some people it is a very challenging time.

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I think for a lot of folks it can be a very lowly time, and I just wanna
say even in the midst of all of my joy and thankfulness and gratitude.

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I still think of those that it is not an easy time for.

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You're in my heart.

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You're in my thought.

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You're in my prayers and I hope, and my wish to you is even if this holiday
is difficult or challenging, I hope you can find something to be thankful for.

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So thank you for listening, letting me share a little bit about me, and happy Thanksgiving.