I want to know why we (readers, consumers, whoever) are so willing to pay for the cheap? Cheap has nothing to do with actual monetary cost, but has everything to do with the intangibles spent and the value gained. There are lots of ways to spend cheap. You are paying with attention spans from your brain, minutes lost in conversation (or translation), bits of disappointment or sadness.
(re)Examining Modern Convention
Tag Archive: success
Something About Career, My Blog – and Look at This Eyeball
Anyway, I attended the Brazen Career meetup hosted by the ever lovely Charlotte Mutesha of Miz Chartreuse. The purpose of the meet up was to get friendly with other like-minded-ass-in-the-driver’s-seat-of-their-career folk (aka networking) and something about crowdsourcing your career
Tips on Writing a Properly Effective Nasty-Gram (aka The Dreaded Complaint Letter)
No one likes writing them, but they have to be done (sometimes). Here are some tips I’d like to share with you.
Is Good Writing Inherent Talent or a Learned Skill?
People who think they are bad writers tend to overemphasize how horrible their writing skills actually come across. It’s not that serious, people.
Tips for Navigating Job Depression
And, while job depression (or JD) is not always about a job – here are some ideas that have helped me “suffer” the bad times a bit better.
The Problem with the CYA Mantra
The CYA mantra insists that work be done in vacuums at your cubicles. As long as you take care of your part of the load – everyone is fine.
Ways to Break Out of the Administrative Job Cycle (Part 5)
And, the relationship with our career (or job) is best described as the relationship we have with ourselves
Have You Indulged Your Passion Today?
When was the last time you indulged the things you love?