I found myself unable to stay annoyed in traffic the other day when I recognized the object of my annoyance as a friend. There is a lesson here for the office…
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What happens when personal branding goes too far? When it leaves others (aka “me”) with the impression that you think you’re MORE THAN AWESOME; YOU’RE A PIVOTAL PLAYER ON THE MOST PHENOMENAL, BESTEST, MOST PERFECTEST TEAM EVER CONCEIVED IN SOMEONE’S WHOLE BRAIN.
EVER.
That’s how I felt when I read Brill Street’s About Us page—I [...]
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How to quit a job… forever.
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I just got back from a short vacation at one of the most remarkable places I’ve ever been. I’m not saying exactly where I went, but suffice it to say, it was paradise. As is inevitable when traveling, I did see a few instances of people acting with a sense of entitlement along the way, [...]
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Let’s play pretend:
Let’s pretend you’re six, you’re a girl, you have longish hair, and you want to cut it to chin length. Let’s also pretend that your mom doesn’t want you to.
What do you do?
You could just cut it and invite the fight. That’s certainly one way.
You consider it.
While you consider it, you learn about [...]
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Here’s a cliche you’re probably familiar with: give a child a toy and he ditches it for the box it came in. (Apparently, the same is true for animals. In the video, I caught Lenny, my bulldog, after she had dumped all her toys out of the plastic box we keep them in so she [...]
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