Bookworm: Do machines run us?

October 14, 2014 Leave a comment

Your email is down. Again. It’s been that way on and off for a month now, and it’s driving you to distraction — literally. You check it every five minutes, ever hopeful, and you’ve called IT so many times, they’re probably avoiding you. It’s up. It’s down.

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Bookworm: Before your startup, read up

September 22, 2014 Leave a comment

The thought pops into your head at least four times per weekday: I can do this. You can give good customer service; you do it every day. You’re good with numbers and people. You have more know-how than you know what to do with, and you can do this — on your own, for your own passion.

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Bookworm: Better think twice

June 17, 2014 Leave a comment

A client told you something today, but you’re not sure if you should believe it.

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Bookworm: How to handle an epic fail

May 25, 2014 Leave a comment

It’s a platitude everybody has heard before: Learn from your mistakes. Embrace them, we’re told, and grow from them.

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Bookworm: Finishing, 15 minutes at a time

April 9, 2014 Leave a comment

You’re hoping someone has a match. That’s because you need a fire lit under your tail. You’ve been putting things off, lollygagging, dragging your feet, even though you know you’ve got lots of work to do. You need a prod, a poke, a reason to get down to brass tacks.

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Bookworm: When failure has an ‘up side’

February 24, 2014 Leave a comment

You were at work, but nothing was working. You knew there were problems with that big project, but you moved forward anyhow. Made contingency plans. Asked experts. You became obsessed. But it didn’t work. and you failed. Does that make you a failure?

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