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Should I be a Swiss Army Knife or Japanese Cleaver?
Peter Yawitz
  • Mar 25, 2020
  • 2 min

Should I be a Swiss Army Knife or Japanese Cleaver?

Better to have many skills without depth or be a master in one area?
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How do we deal with toxic aftershave?
Peter Yawitz
  • Mar 25, 2020
  • 1 min

How do we deal with toxic aftershave?

Q: What do we do about an intern with toxic aftershave? A: I’d go to him privately and say “you’re doing a really good job, but one thin
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How Can I Get My Friends To Rate My Book 5 Stars?
Peter Yawitz
  • Mar 25, 2020
  • 1 min

How Can I Get My Friends To Rate My Book 5 Stars?

I just published a book and want my friends to rate it 5 stars on Amazon.
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How NOT to talk about the weather
Peter Yawitz
  • Mar 25, 2020
  • 0 min

How NOT to talk about the weather

Bad weather small talk: -Wow it’s certainly warm here today! -I know, right! Makes me just want to strip off my clothes!
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Can you identify these business clichés?
Peter Yawitz
  • Jan 6, 2020
  • 0 min

Can you identify these business clichés?

Can you identify these common business clichés from these memes?
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Which awful coworker stereotype are  you?
Peter Yawitz
  • Dec 31, 2019
  • 0 min

Which awful coworker stereotype are you?

15 days till book launch! Pre-order today at https://lnkd.in/eM4ZemM. I'm not defensive and I know better than you do.
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What are the first networking steps for college seniors?
Peter Yawitz
  • Dec 3, 2019
  • 2 min

What are the first networking steps for college seniors?

Here are some networking tips for college seniors: 1) Decide what experience you want, 2) Be open about contacting recent alums, friends of
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Can I accept a job offer then bag it if I get a better one?
Peter Yawitz
  • Nov 11, 2019
  • 2 min

Can I accept a job offer then bag it if I get a better one?

Dear Someone Else’s Dad, Just call me a typical “meddling mom.” My daughter has an offer from Company A, but it expires next week and...
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How do I accept a role I don't want?
Peter Yawitz
  • Oct 28, 2019
  • 2 min

How do I accept a role I don't want?

Dear Someone Else’s Dad, I’m an associate at a management consulting firm. I really enjoy the work, especially because I have gotten to...
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How do I deal with a client who misses deadlines?
Peter Yawitz
  • Oct 24, 2019
  • 2 min

How do I deal with a client who misses deadlines?

Dear Someone Else’s Dad, I’m a junior editor working for a large publishing house. I’ve been assigned to work with an author whose...
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Peter Yawitz
  • Jun 27, 2019
  • 1 min

Why do business men hold hands in Dubai?

I have heard that in Dubai, where I’ll be attending meetings, business men hold hands while walking down the street. Should I allow that?
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Why do people brag about how many hours they work?
Peter Yawitz
  • Jun 19, 2019
  • 1 min

Why do people brag about how many hours they work?

I hate when my coworkers compete about how many hours they work. Can't I get my work done and just go home at night?
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How can I stand up for my team?
Peter Yawitz
  • Jun 14, 2019
  • 1 min

How can I stand up for my team?

A manager from another division, and who hates my boss, asked me to represent my division on a task force. Since I’m junior I think he feels
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How do I deal with non-tech-savvy older workers?
Peter Yawitz
  • Apr 10, 2019
  • 1 min

How do I deal with non-tech-savvy older workers?

During videoconferences some older people forget to turn off their phones so each time their phones ping a text sound their faces fill the w
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How do I deal with a busybody?
Peter Yawitz
  • Mar 20, 2019
  • 1 min

How do I deal with a busybody?

An office gossip always asks about my private life, and just now said in a meeting: “I think someone will be having a wedding!” And I'd
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Should I quit my job and explore the country with my girlfriend?
Peter Yawitz
  • Feb 28, 2019
  • 2 min

Should I quit my job and explore the country with my girlfriend?

,My girlfriend is about to quit her job and wants me to do the same so we can buy an RV to explore anywhere we want for about a year. If I q
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My boss lets us talk only when we hold a stuffed rabbit.
Peter Yawitz
  • Nov 29, 2018
  • 1 min

My boss lets us talk only when we hold a stuffed rabbit.

Dear Someone Else’s Dad,My boss hates interrupters in meetings, so she has a stuffed rabbit that we have to pass to anyone who wants to spea
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Do I have speak in business buzzwords?
Peter Yawitz
  • Nov 5, 2018
  • 1 min

Do I have speak in business buzzwords?

Dear Someone Else’s Dad,At my company my bosses always use the phrase “de minimis,” which I had to look up, and now know that it means a tri
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Can I correct people from using my name incorrectly?
Peter Yawitz
  • Oct 10, 2018
  • 1 min

Can I correct people from using my name incorrectly?

My name is James Arnold. When someone receives an email from me, the FROM line says, “Arnold, James,” which causes a lot of people who don&#
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How can I remember people's names?
Peter Yawitz
  • Oct 3, 2018
  • 2 min

How can I remember people's names?

Do you have a trick to help remember names of people you just met? Advice from someone else's dad.
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