Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JUNE 14, 2015

I have been getting your comments and emails. And in consulting with some of the people above, I also realized a part of it was tied to self esteem/confidence, knowing what they wanted, or establishing priorities. And anyone can email me questions and I respond only via this blog, not to your personal address.

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Brilliantly Better

MARCH 7, 2010

This builds your self-esteem, and the person you contact will remember that you made the effort to talk to them. Buy Expensive Things This is one of the most costly ways to impress others, and it is very temporary. However, the one I have to disagree with is, ‘buy expensive things for yourself.’

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2010 AT&T Self Esteem Gifts 40

Men With Pens

JANUARY 3, 2010

Especially when you’re inexperienced, self-esteem issues come into play – having people you respect say that you’re doing something right. One on one consulting, seminars, meet ups are difficult to copy and expensive to hold. The first ebook is expensive to produce but that is a fixed cost, not marginal cost.

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2010 AT&T Google Social Media 40

Men With Pens

MAY 23, 2010

Like, say, emailing us to ask if this is the right email to email us at, when the email you should use to apply is written on the job ad. When the job ad says email us with information and samples, don’t tweet us and say, “Just click here.&# DON’T have low self-esteem. Bangamon.&#

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2010 AT&T Self Esteem Email 40

Men With Pens

DECEMBER 6, 2009

When their readers don’t actually know what they do, because they never visit the site, they simply open Google Reader or their email for the RSS feed. We have to consider that additional expense when we work out how much we’ll charge for our freelance services. We are buying attention and paying for it with our writing.

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2009 AT&T Retirement Twitter 40