Comments on: Swallow Your (My) Pride

By: Sydney Owen

Sydney Owen — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:17:41 +0000

Kristi – thanks lady! I think you're right about the consulting – it's something I'm definitely open to and looking into. AAAAAND, I'm doing more of what I love, growing as a person in this career and industry – and I probably won't be up until 4AM doing it. Okay maybe – but that's not necessarily a bad thing!

Thanks for checking with your friends – you're awesome!

By: Sydney Owen

Sydney Owen — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:17:41 +0000

Thanks for checking with your friends – you're awesome!

By: Kristi Klemm

Kristi Klemm — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:47:41 +0000

Sydney…you're so strong. I feel like I barely know you, yet know you so well! When I first moved here, I was determined to make it. And I took a job selling knives. KNIVES! I then had to go home and try to sell them, and my pride, to my friends and family.

You'll get there. In the meantime…I'll check with a few friends and see if they need an expert bartender, or social media consultant. But honestly…you have so much natural talent, if you could find a few small clients, I think you could consult in fewer hours, and make more than you do bartending.

By: DShan

DShan — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:43:23 +0000

Stepping aside from the fact that there are some jealous or purely misguided undertones to your astoundingly insightful three sentences, how DOES one muster up the courage to challenge another person's perceived sense of pride so calmly while at the same time bottling all the inner strength, sense of self worth, and dedication to duty it must have taken to write that comment without logging in and claiming its ownership?

We aspire to your conviction.

By: Jamie Varon

Jamie Varon — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:00:25 +0000

You know, being the type of person that doesn't allow someone to be happy for themselves says a lot more about you than it does about Sydney. She's proud of herself, she worked hard, and just because we're in a recession, doesn't mean she needs to stay quiet about her accomplishments.

The only person that needs to, CLEARLY, get over themselves, is YOU. Move along now. Your jealousy is stinking up this comment section.

By: Jamie Varon

Jamie Varon — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:00:23 +0000

The only person that needs to, CLEARLY, get over themselves, is YOU. Move along now. Your jealousy is stinking up this comment section.

By: Jamie Varon

Jamie Varon — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:00:21 +0000

The only person that needs to, CLEARLY, get over themselves, is YOU. Move along now. Your jealousy is stinking up this comment section.

By: Name

Name — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:14:00 +0000

Maybe you should be thankful you have a job and not whine about “making it.” You seem to be a tiny fish in a very large pond, no matter how much you plaster your brand everywhere.

SWALLOW YOUR PRIDE AND GET OVER YOURSELF.

By: Name

Name — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:14:11 +0000

Maybe you should be thankful you have a job and not whine about “making it.” You seem to be a tiny fish in a very large pond, no matter how much you plaster your brand everywhere.

SWALLOW YOUR PRIDE AND GET OVER YOURSELF.

By: Sydney Owen

Sydney Owen — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:16:05 +0000

I don't think it's so much about whether or not I'm in corporate America as it is that I told myself I wouldn't have to do this ever again – that it was temporary. I think that's where the fleeting moment of feeling ashamed came from. Fact is – I'll do what needs to get done to live the life I want to live – and it's looking like bartending is going to help make that happen. Thanks for being here!