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i myself am neither friendly nor likeable.
I will say this over and over again: being friendly and likeable and easy to work with is part of your job. If you see “being good at your job” and “being likeable” as two separate things, you’re missing the point.
The best analogy I’ve ever heard on this topic is to think about your work as having a “shape” that needs to fit together with your colleagues shapes to be worth anything.
The total area that your shapes cover is the value of your work
The job of fitting those shapes together falls to managers
If I have a team member who is very good at what they do but is awkward, difficult, and can’t get along with anyone, that’s like a big irregular, spiky shape. It takes a ton of work from other people to fit that shape into the rest of the org.
if I have someone who maybe doesn’t cover as much area, but their shape is a nice, regular rectangle that fits in with all the other rectangles around them, that’s a great team member
lol sure jan.
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Today I was mocked for a stutter that I don’t have (but words do come to me way slower than they ever have before). So that’s nice.
I’m legit excited about the reincarnation of Chi-Chi’s. I spent many a birthday dinner there, topped off with a celebratory fried ice cream treat!
I just hope they keep the chicken enchiladas from the rojo menu. Everything else can GTFO.
Whoa! A year ago today I was having an IVF transfer of the most perfect XY, chromosomally tested embryo that would bake into the cutest little babe.
Yay science!
The only reason why I’m on Twitter is to follow along with @ChefReactions adventures and stay up to date with random Tier 4 soccer tea.
these #mnwx storms are going to go right around us (in Mpls), aren’t they?
Same, but becoming a parent.
They just send you home from the hospital after (in my case) a major surgery like “here you’re in charge of keeping this small version of you alive!”
I’m hardly ever on social media but wanted to share some news in case it’s helpful or resonates with anyone out there:
I had a baby!
Last week, we welcomed a healthy baby boy after years and years of heartbreak, loss, and acceptance that the odds were forever against us.
1/
Anyway I’m sharing all this not bc I expect ppl to care (esp since I’m pretty sure all my followers are bots), but I’ve had some dark days in my colorful history and I always thought it’d have been nice to talk to someone who’s been through it. Not that I wished it upon anyone.