Category: Reflection
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Use every tool
I told her what I was dealing with. It was a complaint about a job and how I was doing there. But instead of commiserating, she made a suggestion. Something just didn’t seem right. Maybe it was time I talked to someone. It was the kind of suggestion that initially might have made me feel…
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Running out of ideas
To be a good writer, you can’t just write. You need something to write about. You need to read. You need to experience life. You need to have conversations. Words don’t just flow from nothing. You need to build a source from which you can draw. I have drained by source, and I have given…
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Short and sweet
I have a goal to write everyday. Ideally, every post would be well focused on a topic, building on a clear plan for content that unfolds over the week and month. Unfortunately, that just isn’t how things work all the time. Especially today. But in times like this, I take solace in the work of…
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What Zlatan knows
Just like so many around the world, I am thoroughly engaged with this year’s World Cup. Watching all of the games has led me to watch more of the analysts’ coverage of the games as well. That has exposed me to Zlatan Ibrahimovic. I knew of him as a player, but now we are all…
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This post is about a purse, but also not
I perused the showroom, on the hunt for a new fancy bag, one that would help me elevate my style. One caught my eye, in a brilliant blue and with ornate handles. It had ample space for storage and looked good. This is what I need to elevate my style. But I hesitated. I thought…
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The myth of 1 percent better
“That’s ridiculous. No one gets one percent better. If you were a salesperson and you did 1 percent better, you’d be making no money.” At that point, I cut the video. This is not the person I should take advice from. From an inability to do math alone, he’s a fool. If I could do…
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“More important things”
Gas prices are ridiculously high. There is an ongoing war. Scratch that, wars. There have been random violent attacks across cities. There is political instability. More and more people are getting laid off each day as companies lean in to AI and away from human labor. And I’m sitting here looking up mascaras. As the…
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This is the problem with you
I told the story. He waited for his chance to respond and started, “This is the problem with people like you,” What a bold way to start. “You look at your problems that you have at work and with other people and deem yourself the problem. ‘I should just try harder. I should stop being…
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No surprises here
At approximately 7:27 AM, a car zooms out in front of me in the neighborhood. I was frustrated. The driver ran the stop sign, and was forced to me to wait as he/she/someone annoying was stuck unable to turn left as the incoming traffic picked up. I grumbled, that I just needed to turn right.…
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Is your boss evil?
Thank you for taking the first step and reading this post. You are probably here because you have been asking that question, over and over again: Is my boss evil? And you’ve answered it, “Yes,” multiple times. I mean, you’ve got evidence from your overbearing workload, the snide remarks, the ways you’ve been treated, and…
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