It’s you, not me = a blame game.
Before you say that, did you think about whether it’s truly them and not yourselves? Humans are selfish. Humans like to think they’re the best.
Keeping a log, a journal, a record of something is a good practice. It’s a tool to remind you of something. What’s that something? It can be
The power of networks. When I was younger, despite being as strong academically than any other applicant and has superb extracurriculars, I was turned down again and again because I didn’t have a network. As a second generation Canadian, I couldn’t ride on the coattails of my parents like…
It’s fine when you’re shopping and trying to figure out the best bang for your buck, or which applicant to hire, but this method doesn’t work when there’s an issue. It only works where there’s a choice.
Don’t waste my time. As much as I am a patient and empathetic person, one of my biggest pet peeve and one that gets on my nerve is when I can smell you’re wasting my time.
Don’t waste my time when your timeline was a fail to begin with.
What’s the flip side?
Intimidation. There’s two way we see this:
What a waste of your time and theirs.
Don’t. Run. Away.
When it’s fight or flight I know it’s a scary situation but if you’re given the opportunity to run away and you take it, it will haunt you forever.
You waited too long
A little too late. You snooze you lose. Time is of the essence. Ya da ya da ya da.
All of these relates to timing. It speaks to how theres a window to act on something, and after that window has passed, it’s too late make an…
Is it ready to be closed?
Closure is what I seek when I want a chapter to end. This can be applied to either something naturally closing, or something that I want to move away from.
Closure isn’t just about ‘closing’ something (e.g. finishing a project, or…
Life is about always ‘one upping’ someone else
The strategy to winning a game is to always ‘one up’ someone else. In sports, you hope your strategy is better than the opponent’s, you study their game so you can improve yours, by mitigating any factors they throw at you.