handling ambiguity

Q: How Do I Ask My Boss For Help?

May 21, 2010

A Carefully. Everybody needs a little help sometimes… But what happens when the person you need help from also needs you to stand on your own two feet and prove yourself? You can’t just waltz in and ask the same person who needs you to be self-sufficient for help, can you? As a matter of [...]

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This is Bulls**t: Your Stress Level

December 22, 2009

You’re not going to want to hear this, but you’re stressed out because you’re approaching some element of your life backward. I don’t know which element, or what specifically you’re doing, but I do understand the role stress plays in our lives, and what it’s existence means. It means you’ve your head up your ass. [...]

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Handling Ambiguity

October 5, 2009

What Handling Ambiguity means Handling ambiguity—and it’s close cousin, handling uncertainty—means being able to move forward in spite of unclear or non-existent direction. Uncertainty comes about from poor directions, such as “Fold the piece of paper in half,” which leaves one guessing as to which direction—lengthwise or crosswise—the fold should be made. Ambiguity is a [...]

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