Category: Monday Musings
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Monday Musings: Be Kind to Yourself
I was talking to one of my clients and she told me about how her generation is into “the grind” and “you have to make it happen for yourself.” She described how her work was nowhere near as successful as the work of her peers. This reminds me of what Tomo Fujita, John Mayer’s guitar…
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Monday Musings: What is “Common Sense”?
“Why are you even asking? That’s just common sense!“ Have you ever heard someone say that to you? When we think about it, what is common sense, anyway? When we say “it’s common sense,” it just means “it’s simple logic.” Me: Sir, I’m about to send the report in to our CFO. Could you please…
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Monday Musings: TMI
Too Much Information. When you scroll through social media or any media for that matter, do you feel bombarded by too much information? Technology has allowed us to know everything that happens everywhere in the world at all times. There was a time when we only learned of global affairs from foreign television channels or…
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Monday Musings: Kiss the Frogs
“Before you find your prince, you need to kiss a lot of frogs.” A good friend and colleague of mine, Dr. Dido Gustilo-Villasor told me this one time when I failed to land an interview for a job. I felt confident that my credentials were enough, and that I was competent at the work I’d…
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