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How To Talk About Yourself Without Being An Arrogant Jerk

April 13, 2012by David Lindskoog

Nice guys finish last When you are the outcast Don’t pat yourself on the back You might break your spine – Greenday, “Nice Guys Finish Last“ Did Greenday get it […]

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Career Stylists & The Power of Metaphors

November 25, 2011by David Lindskoog Leave a comment

If there’s one literary convention I love, it’s the metaphor. And I’m not the only one. I’ve written about metaphors here before – most recently in this post about emergence, […]

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Exams? More Like “Knowledge Exploration Invitations”

April 21, 2011by David Lindskoog 2 Comments

Exams on the long weekend… For those of you in this situation, you have my utmost sympathies.  Though, you’re probably too busy studying to be reading my blog.  In any […]

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Career advisor/counsellor and optimistic prairie boy stumbling through life on the left coast. I write about career development, post-secondary student issues, and whatever theories I'm currently enamoured with.

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