From the category archives:
1. Assume everyone wants to go eat lunch, get home early, or anything else other than listen to you talk anymore. Speak as if the time you have with them is precious, and given to you begrudgingly 2. Don’t think, “What do people want to hear from me?” Think, “No one really wants to hear from [...]
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After doing a post about how to become more social if you’re shy, I thought I might talk a little bit about becoming a better public speaker. Now, I’m not about to suggest I’m an amazing public speaker by any stretch, but I’m all right. Good enough that I don’t mind throwing down a tip [...]
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If you know me in person, but have only met me a few times, you might be surprised to find out that I’m actually a fairly shy guy. But honestly, I got bored of being shy. It’s tiring being stressed out all the time about what to say, what to do with your hands when [...]
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So I’ve already told you how to dress business casual at work, and now it’s time to throw down a little wisdom about making friends at the office. It can be a grueling thing to do, as most people are kind of, well, boring, you know? But it’s important to try because someday you might [...]
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I wrote a guest post over at the lovely @aliasgrace‘s blog East Coast by Choice about how to dress “business casual” for your office job. 2) Jeans. Notice I didn’t says “pants,” or “bottoms.” This is non-negotiable. If you’re not wearing jeans don’t whine about not being comfortable: YOU’RE DOING IT WRONG. Jeans = comfort. [...]
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Sunday was Halifax’s first PodCamp, and yours truly held a discussion on how and why you should unfriend people. You can watch the full thing here in five parts: http://vimeo.com/album/60055 (thanks to @paulwesson for recording and uploading!) And @philswinney gives a great review of it on his blog, along with a summarizing video: http://blog.philswinney.com/?p=128
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