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I Can’t Take A Compliment…

January 5, 2010

I pride myself on carrying myself with confidence. My friend used to say that the sound of my heels hitting the floor would someday strike fear into the hearts of coworkers. Apparently you can hear the authority of my walk in my Nine West pumps. I can come across cocky as hell, but then again, [...]

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A Story of Change: Chapter 1

May 8, 2009

What follows is the beginning of a short series about how my siblings and I adapt to change. These next few weeks include a lot of change for all of us, but mostly for the three Gen-Y children. I am the eldest (25) of three, with two brothers who are fraternal twins (23) just behind [...]

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The Phase before Burnout: Bargaining

April 23, 2009

*I would like to thank my friend Lonny Smith for contributing the term “Bargaining” to this blog post.* I have felt Burnout before. That’s usually the phase where nightmares about spreadsheets and powerpoints keep you awake at night. It’s when you dread going to work, but it’s as if autopilot compels you to hit morning [...]

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I Didn’t Do Vacation Right

April 8, 2009

Last week, I was “supposedly” on vacation. It was so supposedly, that after six hours of flying home, I came straight into the office to put in eight more hours of work. Since then, I have been working nonstop, and my poor Google Reader hates me. But is this really a bad thing? I’ve talked [...]

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My First Video Blog Post: Priorities

March 23, 2009

How do you set priorities?

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It’s Career Development…on the cheap

March 9, 2009

Right now is a crazy time. People are losing their jobs, taking pay cuts, or going part-time. There are those who may still have a job, but it feels like they’re actually doing two jobs…or three. And the pay is the same or less. That’s usually the rub. You may work hard for the money, [...]

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A Reflection on Relocation

March 2, 2009

A few months ago I decided to move for my job. In the corporate world, this is known as a Relocation. Say it with my now, “Re-lo-ca-tion.” I did this for a few reasons: · I wanted to get into our Marketing department · I was tired of working on Government contracts · I needed [...]

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