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How the Bragging Contest Affects Your Reputation – Part 1

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You may not know this, but every day, you are entered into the Bragging Contest. Every day judges are giving you a score. We are all contestants in the Bragging Contest. That’s right, even YOU. If you don’t want to participate, if you had no idea that you’re a contestant, if you never play, then [...]

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Are You Doing All the Crap At Work?

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Are you that person that is always stuck doing all the work that nobody wants to do? Are you the one that always stays late, cleans up after everyone, and does everyone’s little minor tasks that they “forgot” to do? Have you ever stepped back to think about what this means for your career? When [...]

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Working With Difficult People: How to Deal with the Donkey at Work

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In my previous article, I talked about how to pet the donkey and deal with difficult people. I wanted to talk a little more about donkeys at work since this is something that most of you have to deal with all the time. Working with difficult people is one of the hardest things to do [...]

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Shop For a New Job Every 2 Years to Get Ahead

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I’m always surprised by people who tell me that they have not received a raise or promotion in the last few years. These friends of mine spend all day working – they stay late, they volunteer for the big projects, they take on more than they need to, but still, they don’t seem to be [...]

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Work Smarter Not Harder: Be Friends with an Office Gossip, don’t BE the Office Gossip

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Office gossip is one of those things that you could spend all day talking about. In companies with a lot of younger people, the gossip is like reading an US Weekly magazine – who went out with who, who slept with who, who wore that ugly outfit. In other offices, there may be less of [...]

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