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• Cameron Plommer

I know there wasn't a Weekly Recap the past two weeks. Don't worry I have excuses: Ryan is super busy and I'm doing this for free and only have so much time.

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• Jessica Malnik

If money weren’t an option and you could do everything you’ve ever wanted to do, but at one cost. You wouldn’t get paid. Would you take it?

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• Mazarine

Gen Y has been accused of a lot of things. Ego-centricity. Being not able to finish things. Needing a trophy for everything. I disagree with labeling people Gen Y. The challenge with classifying people according to arbitrary periods of time is that you will find that many people, perhaps too many, are exceptions to the rules you’ve laid out for a “generation.”

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• doctor S

Let me paint a little picture for you. You work at a company and you have a resource manager, we will refer to this person as your boss for the duration of this piece. You work for this boss and every few weeks you have meetings with him for the purpose of going over your progress and your work.

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• Maggie McGary

What inspired this post was two things: yesterday's association Twitter chat (#assnchat) and a tweet by SmartBrief. The topic of #assnchat yesterday was annual meetings, and as part of that we were discussing speakers, speaker fees, and speaking for free. Maddie Grant said:

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• Sharon Hurley Hall

I like to think of myself as a pretty easy going guy. I try not to let things bother me and I always believe the glass is half full, generally no matter what the situation is.

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• Scot Herrick

When you quit your job — to take a new one — there are great temptations and great opportunities. The temptation side of quit your job is all about “take this job and shove it.” Considering the usual motivation for leaving is bad stuff happening at your current job — managers, management, layoffs, risk of going out of business, the bullying coworker — it is tempting, in fact, emotionally satisfying, to just tell the work world to shove it and get a life.

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• Tyler Cowen

Many morale-improving corporate practices are precisely what people perceive as somewhat demoralizing, such as fluffy rhetoric, forced socializing, and a somewhat egalitarian bonus structure. Rule of thumb: when you see the demoralizing, start with the premise that it is being done for morale.

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• Karen Hyde

The phrase 'digital sabbatical' is experiencing it's 10 minutes in the limelight. This new buzz phrase is being discussed on blogs and social media, much the way the phrase 'staycation' became all the rage in magazines a few years back.

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• Leslie Juvin

Irregardless of our best intentions and no matter what we do to make our work relationships and product better, it just seems nothing is changing for the better. Sometimes, clients feel physically ill because of the abuse they experience at work. Some people don’t even want to get out of bed in the morning. The following is my “prescription” when you’re sick and tired of your job.

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• Alexandra Levit

If you read Seth Godin’s blog, you probably saw the recent post that talked about how easy it is to manipulate the New York Times’ bestseller list. Said Seth: It doesn't cost much to scam it and it's pretty straightforward to buy your way onto the list I know authors who have done this and consultants who sell this service. As a result of this distortion, the books on the list get more promoted, and thus sell more copies. It's not pretty but it's true.

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• Marian Schembari

All networking is good networking. But if you’re wondering why you haven’t gotten any new clients lately or why all you seem to be doing is tweeting about tweeting – reevaluate your engagement…

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• Tamara Burns

I know – you are saying to yourself that this saying doesn't apply to your situation, but as time goes on, you'll realize that it can. As tough as it may be, being laid off opens doors that you may not have opened otherwise.

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• Farida Harianawala

On one hand, the online world has the potential to turn you into an overnight star (yesterday’s story about JetBlue’s flight attendant, Steven Slater) while on the other hand, it can sink your ship in an instant (Remember the video of Domino’s Pizza employees tainting food and consequently, the company’s reputation?)

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• Nathan Lustig

We were curious as to how many Facebook users actually use their real first and last names for their profiles. And when we are curious about something here at Entrustet, it can only mean one thing: blog post! So some of us went through our Facebook friends lists and kept track of the number of friends using fake names for their Facebook profiles. Our sample size was relatively small, but it’s still a good gauge of an answer to the question: how many people use fake names on Facebook?

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