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Jun 26, 2014 Not My Circus. Not My Monkeys. Any number of you have written to me in response to last week’s post, “Know When to Walk Away. Know When to Run.” (http://www.francescolejones.com/2014/06/know-when-to-walk-away-know-when-to-run/)  (Thank you!) And while the general… Read More
Jun 19, 2014 “Know When to Walk Away. Know When to Run.” I’m guessing many of you recognize the above quote from Kenny Rogers’ song, “The Gambler”. (And, for those who don’t, the complete refrain is, “You got to know when to… Read More
May 30, 2014 Interview to a Kill: What Three Words… Hello, hello!   Well, the pop interview course ** went live last week (thank you to all the participants!) and one of the exercises the participants found most helpful was the… Read More
Mar 27, 2014 (Personal) Hygiene   Last week I received an email with a single word in the subject line: “Hygiene”. Upon opening it, I discovered it was from my dentist. Apparently it’s time for… Read More
Mar 20, 2014 Ready to be a Super Spy? Break Out Your Notebook As a kid, one of my best-loved books was Harriet the Spy. As part of her spy technique, Harriet carried a notebook wherever she went and wrote down everything she… Read More
Mar 13, 2014 Take the Sting Out: 3 Strategies for Coping with the Unkind, the Passive Aggressive and the Overtly Hostile Bizz Buzz—spring is in the air. And while this brings out the honey in many of us, there are those among us who are still apt to sting. With this… Read More
Feb 26, 2014 “Humility is Not Thinking Less of Yourself. It’s Thinking of Yourself Less.”: Some Thoughts on the Blazek Debacle The above quote by C.S. Lewis is something I was reminded of as I sifted through the Kelly Blazek debacle. For those of you who haven’t been following this, Ms.… Read More
Feb 20, 2014 “But What If??” How to Handle Hypotheticals There is a Chinese proverb I’ve always liked, “The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it.” Unfortunately, however, proverbs only go so far… Read More
Jan 23, 2014 Confronted by Apathy? Insubordination? Outright Insurrection? Consider the Principle of Legitimacy I recently finished Malcolm Gladwell’s David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits and the Art of Battling Giants (B/t/w if you haven’t yet read any of Gladwell’s books click briskly through to… Read More
Feb 6, 2013 10 Things Not to Say to a Pregnant Lady Despite the media’s attentiveness toward various mothers-to-be it’s often hard to know what to say to someone who is pregnant (at least this is what I discovered during a recent… Read More

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