One afternoon, I sat sketching on the porch, my feet balanced on a rung of the wooden ladder leading up to the house.

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Vazquez, on a low rung of the celebrity ladder, is the first "name" to arrive.

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Andy Teach, a corporate veteran and author of From Graduation to Corporation: The Practical Guide to Climbing the Corporate Ladder One Rung at a Time, agrees.

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When an employee has to suddenly take on a different role at work, the implications depend on whether or not they are taking on more or less responsibilities, says Andy Teach, a corporate veteran and author of From Graduation to Corporation: The Practical Guide to Climbing the Corporate Ladder One Rung at a Time.

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The bottom rung of Hollywood's ladder--reality stars, beauty-pageant queens--will often show at a party for the free bottle service and, of course, the promise of paparazzi.

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