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You’re Not Really Friends With a British Person Until This Happens (opens the original)
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Americans can become your friend before the lift has reached the lobby. By the time the doors open, they have invited you to Thanksgiving, introduced you to their mother and offered you the use of a lake house.British friendship has a slightly longer application process.There is no form to complete, although there may as well be. You are observed over a period of several months, possibly years, for signs of excessive enthusiasm, poor pub conduct or an inability to tolerate being mildly insulted.
Why My Adult Children Still Call Me Every Day (opens the original)
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2 weeks ago, my daughter and I were having lunch when she told me that, more than 10 years earlier, she had ripped the wing mirror off the car and lied to me about how it happened.The confession began with some geese.I walk in the same park every day, and there are always geese wandering about as if the entire place has been set aside for their private use. That morning, I had been watching them instead of paying proper attention while turning the car. I clipped the curb. There was no great cata
I’m 71, and I Don’t Feel Anything Like the Age People See (opens the original)
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The first time somebody called me old, I was baffled.I was in my mid-60s, getting a coffee. I had left my seat for a moment, and another man was trying to take it when somebody nearby said, “Oh no, that seat belongs to the older gentleman over there.” I kid you not… I looked around for the older gentleman. This was not false modesty. I genuinely assumed there must be another chap nearby, perhaps wearing a cardigan and reading a newspaper with a magnifying glass.There was not. The older gentleman
The Ultimate Guide to Office Politics: How to get promoted, protect your reputation and stop less capable people overtaking you (opens the original)
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Nobody cares how hard you work.I am sorry to begin so unpleasantly, but somebody should tell you before you spend another 5 years believing that the office is a meritocracy.Your employer cares whether the work gets done. Your manager cares whether you make their life easier. The people deciding who gets promoted care whether they know who you are, whether they trust you and whether putting you in a more senior position creates any risk for them.These are not the same thing.You can work like a do
Your Fear of Looking “Cringe” Is Ruining Your Life (opens the original)
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When I was in my 20s, I announced to a group of friends over a pint that I was going to start my own business.I can still picture the pub: it was evening, the conversation had been pleasantly unimportant, and I was excited enough about my plans to risk becoming the subject of it. I told them what I intended to do and, with the confidence available only to young men who have not yet discovered how many things can go wrong… how I intended to do it.Most of them responded kindly. There were a few no
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