Such was the heady feeling of success that HMV would get together all of their store managers and head office staff for a three day "conference" every year, which was two and half days of fun and partying and a half day of presentations by the board.

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Another of Sandberg's themes is the so-called impostor syndrome women negating their own self-worth to the point of feeling like their success is fraudulent.

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If the dating scene has been good to him, with a continuous stream of parties, girls and fun, then he will be optimistic about what the next 6 or 12 months have in store for him based on the warm and fuzzy feeling of his past success.

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But with her 1979 album "Bad Girls, " Summer broke out of the disco mold as the genre, which had become renewed by the success of the "Saturday Night Fever" soundtrack, was feeling a backlash.

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But with her 1979 album "Bad Girls, " Summer broke out of the disco mold as the genre, stimulated by the success of the Bee Gees' "Saturday Night Fever" soundtrack, was feeling a backlash.

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Management appeared unprepared to tackle the absence of success, it said, leaving swimmers feeling "undefended, alone, alienated".

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This feeling of ownership has also been the reason for the project's success in Nepal - although there mini-grids are employed to supply power to remote communities.

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You know, I was reading the other day an article -- this is just a couple days ago -- in The New York Times about how teachers were just feeling beat up, just not feeling as if folks understood how much work went into teaching and how dedicated they were to the success of their students.

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