Work
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Late-night musings #28
Manners don’t often come with degrees. One can be highly educated but without manners. Read more
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Disparity in educational access
Was there anything I’d like to change (if I could) while being in college? Yes. And that would be part of a research team while studying. I wish I had access to research teams before, access to resources that would enable me to improve how I conduct my research, and connections to research-affiliated instructors/professors. We Read more
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Now ready for questions
How to refine your work? By subjecting your work to questioning, to scrutiny. Other eyes—fresh eyes—help you see the things you don’t see or learned to unsee. If you don’t want to go through the discomfort of being in the spotlight, you are missing out on the opportunity to improve your work—a kind of work Read more
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Over and above the transaction
We could work for what the pay is worth or work over and above the transaction. From experience, working over and above the transaction always builds trust and trust builds relationships and relationships last more than what the pay is worth. And like a seed sown, good work bears fruit. So, be generous with your Read more
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I was initially attracted to the idea of writing for the algorithm
While learning about blogging and exploring my writing style, a simple online search I did a decade ago led me to various blog posts about how to write for the algorithm—providing me with tips on what topics result in traffic as if traffic is the only goal. When I was still new to the space, Read more
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Delay compounds
Holding off a task to a later date doesn’t change how much time a task needs to get done. All you do is delay the inevitable. The consequences of the delay only compound the effort required, the effort which you’ve been trying to evade early on, hoping it would be minimized later. And now look Read more
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