overly confident, women are taught to be humble and demure. In order to overcome that in the workplace, it is important to identify your best traits and highlight them. One trait that women possess in spades is intuition. "Most women can walk into a room, read the room, and be fairly accurate about it," said Lisa Johnson Mandell, author of the best-selling book "Career Comeback." She encourages women to trust and pay attention to those feelings, and -- before communicating them -- critically analyze and understand why they feel a certain way about a situation. If you can translate those feelings into objective business-speak, you'll blow the men-folk out of the water. Kimberly Roussel, a successful entrepreneur who opened the Los Angeles restaurant Kitchen 24, the Hollywood club Cinespace, and a catering service, said she feels lucky that her parents instilled confidence in her. She feels that it is critical to have a level of conviction that enables you to take risks and let go of the fear of failing. Once you defeat those anxieties, the world can open up in surprising ways. Dress for success Baring cleavage or showing off your newly shaped Pilates butt is all well and good at a social event. But Lisa Johnson Mandell, author of the best-selling book "Career Comeback," advises women to keep cleavage covered at the office. "A low-cut top may grab attention, but all the wrong kind," said Mandell. While sexy clothes should stay in your closet from 9 to 5,