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Turn down the Christmas music, please.

December 24th, 2008 | 4 comments | Skydiving

Penelope Trunk made a good point on her blog earlier this morning.  I commented, and my comment inspired me to elaborate on why Christmas at my “office” sucks. I’ll tell you what I hate about Christmas at my “office” (read: restaurant). I hate that one of my coworkers says “Merry Christmas” to guests as they leave. I told her we...

 
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Love lessons and relating them to your professional life.

December 20th, 2008 | 2 comments | Uncategorized

If you know of a great therapist – I’m taking suggestions.  My mom said I need counseling after the last two relationships I’ve been in so I came straight here.  I am my own counselor when I’m writing. My mom defined the relationships that I’ve been in as “destructive”.  According to Dr. Jill Murray, author of Destructive Relationships, I have...

 
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What it means to be Brazen.

December 10th, 2008 | 6 comments | Uncategorized

If there is one thing I have been harping on since October, is the importance of networking.  I was unaware of how important this was to my career.  And in the world of public relations, it really is all about who you know. Case in point – when I met Penelope Trunk. I was an innocent bystander to a speech...

 
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Senior Year: One semester down, one to go.

December 5th, 2008 | 0 Comments | Skydiving

As this leg of my education comes to a close, it’s time to reflect.  My first semester of my senior year.  I was under the impression that senior year would be a cake walk, and it has been quite the opposite.  But, all that aside, I have learned a tremendous amount this semester, both in the classroom and beyond. In...