Tag: work

Started from the bottom, now I’m burned out and exhausted

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I grew up in a trailer park. Like many who went without a lot, my idea “making it” has long been defined by obtaining the kinds of things I didn’t have growing up: Granite countertops. A luxury living space. Brand-name clothes.  I understood that in order to reach those mile markers for success, I’d have […]

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The Day I Cried At Work

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“My feedback would be best discussed in person,” the email read. So we gathered. The four of us sat in a conference room no bigger than a linen closet, and I sat silently while two men I’d never talked to picked apart my project limb by limb. I’d asked reviewers to send their notes in […]

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Thanks for the Quick Reply

.Reading time 9 minutes.

Meetings get a lot of flack as being epic time-sucks, and over the last few years, more and more folks have spoken out against them. Research has shown that many people, especially those who are required to “make” anything, need uninterrupted blocks of time to get things done. I agree. So does Google: Take control […]

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