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By Sarah Friar October 06, 2023 My greatest mistake was thinking success looked like a specific thing. For me, that was making partner at Goldman Sachs. When I didn’t, it set me free. I’m going to go back to the moment when things shifted for me. One morning in 2011—after 11 years on the partner … Continue reading ‘I felt like I had checked every box’: Nextdoor CEO Sarah Friar’s career advice for someone who has been passed over for promotion
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