After being laid off as a journalist, Dorie Clark realized that being her own boss was the best way forward. In the next several years of self-employment, she discovered one important trait: willingness to learn. “There’s an essential mindset for being your own boss,” says Clark, a New York City-based marketing strategy consultant and author
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