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  • Hindsight is 20/20: What would you tell your younger self?

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    By Lylah M. Alphonse, on Wed Aug 26, 2009 10:53am PDT

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    I've been doing a lot of thinking lately, mostly about my career. I started working as a journalist when I was 16 -- I mean working for pay, as opposed to on the school paper or something -- and I pursued my career goals with a single-mindedness that surprises me today, in retrospect.

    I didn't really have a mentor, 15 or 20 years ago. I could have used one -- as a  young woman, as a woman of color, as a journalist, as a professional. I could have used a primer on office politics (who couldn't?), some guidance on setting goals, a reminder that work-life balance is important even when the only think on the "life" side of the equation is yourself.

    Here's some advice -- career or otherwise -- I wish I could tell my younger self:

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