It was just another crazy Wednesday at work when she was called into her manager’s office. In typical corporate fashion, there was a huge confidential project that needed to be done ASAP. She was being asked to own the project (corporate jargon may need to be an entire post) and continue her current and already…
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A smile and a hello go a long way.
She was sitting on a plane wondering which passenger would be her seat neighbor. In that instance, a guy with a colorful scarf sat down. Smiles and hellos were exchanged. A conversation quickly started and before the plane took off they had made a connection – they were both passionate about the same topic. She…
Always use shoe polish.
“I have two words for you: shoe. polish.” She stood there stunned by her boss’s brutal honesty. Who says something like that? Then she looked down at her black heels that had gotten her through college and realized that maybe her boss was right. Those once glorious black pumps looked terrible. She turned bright red….
You’re going to be broke for a minute…or two.
She had been working for 3 weeks now and it was finally payday. She had no idea it would take this long to get her first paycheck and after a long 4 months of unemployment after graduation, she only had 86 cents left in her account. Not to mention, she swiped her credit card more…
work misadventures and successes... 