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ANNOUNCEMENT: BOSS Top 50 Business Stars Of 2017

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2017 is coming to a close and it seemed only right to highlight some amazing women, who represent leadership, excellence and support the  BOSS  mission. This list highlights business women, who inspire us by taking destiny into their own hands.  They are leaders and change agents for the next generation of bosses.  We salute them in all their greatness. Follow these amazing women and let’s continue to make history, one  BOSS  at a time!  #BOSSStar Adriane Wilson Massey www.strengthszone.com @AdrianeWilson Alexie Young www.invizioncolorz.com @invizioncolorzinc Amber Noble Garland http://www.anoblebrand.com/ @ANobleGarland Angel Coleman www.angelcoleman.com @AngelColeman101 Anita Washington www.thatanitalive.com @ThatAnitaLive April Daniels http://www.everythinggirlzlove.org @iamaprildaniels Beverly Johnson www.simonandschuster.com/BeverlyJohnson @BeverlyJohnson1 C. Lynn Williams www.clynnwilliams.com @msparentguru Car

The Liberating Power of NO (The Art of Saying NO) by C. Lynn Williams

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Have you ever felt like saying NO , but swallowed your words and said YES ! I grew up in a time where NO was one of those words that was not easily accepted. Don't get me wrong, I heard that word often from my parents. However as a young girl, NO was not a word I was encouraged to use. While I wasn’t told not to use the word NO, it was implied. You were seen as uncooperative and difficult if you said NO too often. Uncooperative to whom?  Questions like this usually caused problems between my mom and me. To me, no meant I didn’t want to do it! That was the problem with messages that we received as children. You were told not to do something without a good explanation behind it. In my case, if the explanation didn’t make sense, I still didn’t want to do it. Women in my generation were taught that to be a lady, you had to be cooperative , well-mannered and go along with the program. Whose program? The problem with NO is that it meant you weren’t easily handled. When you aren’t