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            <span class="home-figure-body" data-astro-cid-lcdefpme>Higher pay for people who lead, not just execute.</span>
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            <span class="home-figure-value" data-astro-cid-lcdefpme>+12pts</span>
            <span class="home-figure-body" data-astro-cid-lcdefpme>U.S. jobs that need people skills are up.</span>
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      <p class="home-figures-sources" data-astro-cid-lcdefpme>Sources: Edin et al. (2022); Kuhn &amp; Weinberger (2005); Deming (2017).</p>
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      <img src="/images/vanessa-speaking-blue-arms-wide/format=auto,w=1280" srcset="/images/vanessa-speaking-blue-arms-wide/format=auto,w=640 640w, /images/vanessa-speaking-blue-arms-wide/format=auto,w=960 960w, /images/vanessa-speaking-blue-arms-wide/format=auto,w=1280 1280w, /images/vanessa-speaking-blue-arms-wide/format=auto,w=1600 1600w" sizes="(max-width: 1023px) 100vw, 66vw" alt="Vanessa Van Edwards on stage with her arms wide, facing a full theatre." width="1280" height="853" loading="lazy" decoding="async">
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      <h2 id="home-numbers-heading" class="home-numbers-title" data-astro-cid-lcdefpme>Taught to millions of learners.</h2>
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          <dt class="ms-stat-label" data-astro-cid-gywbnn3m>People School students</dt>
          <dd class="ms-stat-value" data-astro-cid-gywbnn3m>10,000+</dd>
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          <dt class="ms-stat-label" data-astro-cid-gywbnn3m>People School rating</dt>
          <dd class="ms-stat-value" data-astro-cid-gywbnn3m>4.9/5</dd>
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          <dt class="ms-stat-label" data-astro-cid-gywbnn3m>people have learned from Vanessa</dt>
          <dd class="ms-stat-value" data-astro-cid-gywbnn3m>5M+</dd>
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          <dt class="ms-stat-label" data-astro-cid-gywbnn3m>languages her books are published in</dt>
          <dd class="ms-stat-value" data-astro-cid-gywbnn3m>18</dd>
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        <div class="ms-heard-on-tile" data-name="The Mel Robbins Podcast" data-astro-cid-myatkxci>
          <img src="/heard-on/mel-robbins-podcast.jpg" srcset="/heard-on/mel-robbins-podcast-640.jpg 640w, /heard-on/mel-robbins-podcast.jpg 1280w" sizes="(width >= 1280px) 160px, (width >= 768px) 30vw, 62vw" alt="The Mel Robbins Podcast" width="1280" height="720" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-astro-cid-myatkxci>
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