the beauty of an ordinary life
My first "real job," as my father called it, was a marketing position in a telecommunications company, back in the days when AT&T was still a monopoly and we were all thrilled with the novelty of AOL and email. I wrote marketing flyers and customer letters, teaching myself how to use WordPerfect, PageMaker and FileMaker … Continue reading Review.
In my first real management job, I almost fired the wrong person. I looked at the data, and was sure I had the answer. But the story in those numbers was a lie.
Six years and four months ago, I hit a breaking point in what had been a long and productive career in corporate marketing. It turned out to be a life-changing experience.
Here's how you invent yourself: slowly, then all at once. Under my desk at work there are two standing file folder holder things, one covered in red pleather, and one made of cream-colored cardboard, screen printed in soft aqua and labeled on one side... well, I actually can't remember what's on the side I can't … Continue reading Joel, the list, the folder, the notebook, and OMFG.
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