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DOES FLIRTING REALLY GET YOU AHEAD?

Despite being single, I’ve never been very big on flirting. In all honesty, I’ve never been that good at it. But after a recent study published in the journal Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes revealed that it is actually men who use flirting the most to get ahead in the workplace, rather than their female colleagues, it made me wonder whether flirting really might be worth the effort. And could it be that turning on the charm might actually benefit me outside the office too, in everyday life? I decided to give it a try, challenging myself to one flirt a day for a week, to see what happened…

MONDAY

I decide to ease my way in at the

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