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Every move I have made has been a big jump, a Career story with Tiffany Monteverde

A multicultural and multifunctional start-up enthusiast – this is Tiffany Monteverde. Read her career story and see how the biggest challenges in her life made her the strong and motivated person she is today. In 2-3 sentences, please tell us a little about you! Half Italian and Japanese with family in Argentina; a self-starter moving […]

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OneUpOneDown Launch Women in Web3 Mentoring Pool

We’re excited to announce that we’ve launched a Women in Web3 Mentoring Pool to support more women to build, launch, grow, invest in and lead Web3 projects. Web3 is one of the fastest-growing industries at the moment and the opportunity to create and contribute in this space is huge. Yet the representation of women working

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Where are all the women polymaths?

If you’re an avid podcast listener, it’s likely that you’ve heard guests introduced as polymaths. Polymaths feature a lot on the Tim Ferris podcast. A polymath also referred to as a Renaissance Man, are people whose knowledge spans several unrelated fields. As I was listening to a brilliant podcast with a male polymath, the question

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New Year, New Muses – Our top seven podcast recommendations for 2022

Self-improvement is a fundamental lifelong process for each one of us. We are here to learn every day. There is no way that you will wake up one morning and tell yourself “Okay, now I know everything!”. There is always something new and exciting to discover, both in your personal and business life. The thirst

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Mentorship, the forgotten foundation of knowledge transfer

We all have a lot of mentors throughout our lives. Our first mentors are our parents – they show us what the world is and teach us how to walk, speak, express ourselves. Our mentors then become friends that are older than us, a brother, a sister, teachers in school, colleagues at work, bosses. Mentors

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What is Zoom Fatigue and how can you minimize it?

Feeling exhausted after a day of Zoom meetings? You’re not the only one! Zoom Fatigue is the new term given to the feeling of being drained and lacking energy following a day of virtual meetings. In this article, we unpack a study presented in the Journal of Applied Psychology to help you understand why you

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The power of courage over confidence

Many of us want to become more confident. In fact, confidence is one of the main personal development areas that OneUpOneDown mentees are looking to get support in from mentors. Confidence is a state of being that is heavily influenced by many factors – the environment, experiences, health & wellbeing, friends, family, peers, state of

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Top 3 Productivity Tips for Women – Part 2

What does being productive mean for you? Maybe it has to do with getting more things done in a day. Or it is connected to figuring out ways to be more efficient in your work while using fewer resources. For some women, being productive may be related to the specific ways in which they order

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Observer vs reactor, women practicing becoming an observer

The Observer vs. the Reactor. Which is your default state?

We all have emotions, no matter who we are or how well we have trained ourselves to manage them. They come and go, all the time. What sets people apart is their ability to understand their emotions, see them for what they are and respond accordingly. The Observer and the Reactor are two different states

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How to make journaling a regular practice

In our previous article, we discussed how to build a habit of journaling but we didn’t go much into detail about the actual process of journaling. In this article, Dzhuliana Nikolova, Co-Founder & CTO of OneUpOneDown shares her experiences making journaling a regular habit, including the trigger that kick started the habit and questions that

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