Wed.Sep 19, 2018

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Choose A Positive Attitude

Office Dynamics

From Joan Burge’s new book, Joan’s Greatest Administrative Secrets Revealed (2018). I HAVE BEEN SPEAKING on attitude since 1990. What I said in 1990 still holds true today. You have a choice when it comes to your attitude. You are not a victim of your circumstances. It is not what others do or say that matters; it’s what you choose to do with what you have and choose how you want to respond.

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These Are the Really Dumb Things to Avoid in a Job Interview

On The Job

It’s not unusual to be a bit nervous for a job interview. It’s also not unusual to worry that you might say something dumb. But do you plan to ask the hiring manager the location of the nearest bar? Or why the hiring manager’s aura doesn’t like you? A CareerBuilder survey from 2017 found that these were some of the questions asked by job candidates, so you might be breathing a little easier, knowing that you could never ask anything that unprofessional.

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What the “Start over with Nothing” thought experiment teaches us about entrepreneurship

The Shrink for Entrepreneurs

There’s a fun game entrepreneurs play over drinks: . Imagine starting over, totally from scratch. With nothing. Probably in an unfamiliar country or something. . You have zero access to any of the capital or physical resources you have now. You get to keep everything that’s already in your head: All the experience and hard-won learnings. . But that’s it.