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Emma Burleigh

Kamala Harris says there's enough room for everyone to be successful—and that professionals who think otherwise are guilty of 'provincial thinking'

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Many workers climb the career ladder believing that someone else has to fall off for them to rise. But former U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris says that’s not only wrong—it’s what’s holding people back.

“There are far too many people in this world and in professional life who approach things with a zero-sum game,” Harris said recently on The Diary of a CEO podcast. “If I have more, you have less. And it is incredibly shortsighted.” 

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