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    Tales of a sixth-grade bus stop smoker
    Courtney Kirschaum
    • 4 days ago
    • 2 min

    Tales of a sixth-grade bus stop smoker

    In the sixth grade, at a 4-H club meeting in a church fellowship hall that smelled like a school and displayed art made out of macaroni...
    12 views
    This dangerous word is a career killer
    Courtney Kirschaum
    • Feb 12
    • 3 min

    This dangerous word is a career killer

    I was today years old when I learned the opposite of a meritocracy is a kakistocracy. In the 7th grade, I had a bad bout of bronchitis...
    33 views
    Getting asked this question is a good sign
    Courtney Kirschaum
    • Jan 26
    • 2 min

    Getting asked this question is a good sign

    Cleaning out an old filing cabinet, you stumble across one of your early resumes, and I mean way early. Does the person on the page feel...
    57 views
    Being able to do this makes or breaks your career
    Courtney Kirschaum
    • Dec 31, 2020
    • 2 min

    Being able to do this makes or breaks your career

    In one generation,applying for a job went from being a lengthy effort to a task you can knock out on your lunch hour. The college degree...
    48 views
    Check the expiration date on this...
    Courtney Kirschaum
    • Dec 24, 2020
    • 3 min

    Check the expiration date on this...

    In college, one of our professors in the Mass Communications department was usually approached with trepidation, if not outright fear....
    12 views
    When do you retire these?
    Courtney Kirschaum
    • Nov 28, 2020
    • 1 min

    When do you retire these?

    "Traditions are a form of magic because traditions are a way of talking to the past, of speaking to our ancestors in a language they...
    30 views
    The 3 Million Dollar Man
    Courtney Kirschaum
    • Nov 24, 2020
    • 1 min

    The 3 Million Dollar Man

    It's Sunday morning and in zings an email from a LinkedIn influencer. They write: “Today, I am spilling the tea on how I went from zero to...
    9 views
    How you respond when this happens reveals your fortune
    Courtney Kirschaum
    • Nov 15, 2020
    • 1 min

    How you respond when this happens reveals your fortune

    Here's a children's riddle: What's "Round as a butter bowl and deep as a cup and the whole Mississippi couldn't fill it up." The answer....
    8 views
    Do you need this one-word career "prayer?"
    Courtney Kirschaum
    • Nov 9, 2020
    • 2 min

    Do you need this one-word career "prayer?"

    Yesterday, waiting for my coffee to cool a bit, my radio was keeping me company. Mostly talk about the election. The chatter skipped a...
    29 views
    How to stop 3 thought traps that make you miserable in your career
    Courtney Kirschaum
    • Oct 8, 2020
    • 2 min

    How to stop 3 thought traps that make you miserable in your career

    In my corporate project management days, after a big project we'd always do a Lessons Learned session. 
    14 views
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