Bonus Fun Time: Work-From-Home merit badges
Well, just look at you, work-from-homers! You’ve been working hard to adapt to a new work-from-home environment, and I’m proud of you. (Assuming you’ve actually been working hard to adapt …
12 tools that help me focus when it’s really SQUIRREL
Knock, knock. Who’s there? Kid with ADHD. Kid with ADHD — Want to go ride bikes? I’m allowed to make that joke, because I have what doctors refer to as …
The Queen’s Speech
In these difficult times… I’ve got nothing. Everyone else is starting all their copy with “in these difficult times…” so I thought I’d join in. Wait! I’ve got one: In …
Stay with me here: Maybe all corporate-speak isn’t bad
Corporate jargon is derided universally, with the possible exception of people who insist on using it. (And for all we know, those people die inside a little more every time …
Blog in the Time of Cholera: Communicating responsibly during an epidemic
Coronavirus panic serves no one — but you gotta admit, it’s pretty hard not to sometimes. Within the week prior to this posting (March 2, 2020), the U.S. has experienced: …
On the importance of failure
I stand before you today with inadvisable bangs. I thought they’d work. I was wrong. I tried to cut wispy bangs, I failed, and now the penalty for my failure …
Ways of making you talk: How to be a better interviewer
You wouldn’t think someone who’s introverted nearly to the point of misanthropy would be a badass interviewer, but I’m full of surprises. I think it’s because I love hearing stories, …
Lies, damned lies, and statistics: How to avoid the first two when using the third
Someone, and I’m not going to say who, but I am going to say he shares a bed with me at night and isn’t a flatulent rat terrier, likes to …
How to not need me to write for you
Yes, I am arguably launching my blog by potentially torpedoing my career. A lot of my clients hire me because they’re busy: They’re in a growth period, and they don’t …