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The Art of What Not to Post

Recently I read a blog post by a young woman who had been fired from her job. She went to lengths to complain about how she felt betrayed by the company, then somehow backtracked and explained how she understood why the company fired her…because she was a horrible employee. She didn’t say it in those [...]

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Why Do You Save?

As children most of us learned about money, and what saving meant via some sort of allowance. We got a certain amount of money per week (most likely for doing chores) and that money was ours to do with what we wanted.
When I first started receiving an allowance, I did what any kid in my [...]

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No One Cares About Your Resume, and Why You Should

NEWSFLASH: No one cares about your resume.
What’s that you say? You’ve spent hours perfectly crafting every word in order to make yourself look fantastic on paper? You even read my advice on resume building? That’s very kind of you, but I repeat, no one cares, and here are 5 reasons why.

Resumes are boring. No one wants [...]

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What Do Your Trophies Mean For Your Career?

Going home to your parents house after moving out is always kind of eerie, especially when “your” room is still full of your stuff. I had that eerie experience earlier this week when went to my parents house and realized that the majority of things left in my room not only define me, they define my [...]

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An Open Farewell Letter To My Co-Workers

I’ve never been much for the “standard” way of doing things, because I know if I put my own style behind it it’ll be more memorable. So this post is a blend of a standard blog post and a parting or “keep in touch” letter to my colleagues, in which I out myself as a [...]

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You Are Who You Associate With

Cliques are everywhere, they are unavoidable.  As we grow up we float from clique to clique and we change “lunch table groups;” perhaps we were even members of a couple of different cliques at once. Our friends shape our reality and influence us beyond belief.
Even as we get older peer pressure is still extremely powerful. [...]

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23 Things I Know at 23 That I Pray I Remember At 43

When I graduated college I knew it all. I was ready to take on the world, and then I got knocked down quite a few pegs when it took me 5 months to find a job.
Since that time I have learned a great deal, and I admit to not knowing half as much as I [...]

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