Tag: Relationships
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Why We Should Take Each Other Seriously
Do you want to be taken seriously? I would have a difficult time imagining that you don’t. The desire to be taken seriously is the fuel that powers strange personality traits that you’ve likely observed in yourself and others, including: Your Facebook friends who meticulously curate their online presence in an effort to appear as […]
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Marginalia: “No One Understands You And What To Do About It”
Marginalia is a regular series on Toward Vandalia in which I review the books I’m reading and unpack their most valuable lessons. Today I’m looking at No One Understands You And What To Do About It by Heidi Grant Halvorson. Heidi Grant Halvorson is the Associate Director of the Motivation Science Center at the Columbia Business […]
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I Am Groot
Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy stole a lot of hearts over this year’s blockbuster season (I would say “summer”, but it’s winter here in Australia!), including my own. As you know, I love finding lessons in non-traditional places and there were lessons aplenty in this comedic space western. Spoiler alert: engaged. Establishing Your Personal Brand Ain’t […]
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ToVa Weekend: Failure, Anticipating Hindsight, The Silent Treatment, Following Murad’s Girlfriend
Happy West Virginia Day! This week: coping with failure, setting ‘future you’ up in a way that ‘present you’ thinks they’ll like, ditching the silent treatment and one photographer following his girlfriend around the world. Enjoy! How to Fail and Live to Talk About It: 10 Tips for Explaining Your Missteps Without Sounding Like a […]