Tag: manager
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How to Be Awesome
A few weeks ago found me lunching with a new group of women. These women were powerful. They could connect me to potential clients, potential opportunities. They were also perfectly polished. Their nails, their teeth, their hair…all perfect. They spoke in high, delightful voices. Their laughter tinkled like bells. It was like I was part…
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How to Kill a Conversation
Conversations drive our lives. They mean everything. Yet we all face the temptation to do something every day – sometimes several times each day – to mess them up. I dare you to tell me the following hasn’t happened to you. You’re in the midst of a conversation and someone else is speaking and – BAM!…
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The Thing That Makes You Less Likeable
Recently I attended the wedding of a former colleague. It was an amazing affair, filled with premier entertainment, succulent food, lots of people in attendance I wanted to know. And one I didn’t. At least not anymore. I actually knew him already. We’d met once, several years before. But that was enough. At the time…
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The Great Temptation You Must Resist
A few weeks ago I attended a business luncheon and found myself on the very long buffet line. As always, I was ravenously looking over the stations ahead, trying to figure out just what was lying in that tin tray up ahead. That was when the woman waiting in front of me caught my eye.…