Tales of Slow Brave Athena

I wish I had something more profound to say, but I just wanted you to know that I was really moved by reading this. {{hug}}

My first boss used to say he felt really good about giving assignments to his people that made them look good. He felt like he had done something good at work when he helped people move up in the company and become successful. Kinda like a mentor. Ultimately, people recognized Tony as the source for good people.

Sorry you are feeling down about stuff. Hope you can some out of it soon.

no profound words, just understanding.

I think it is difficult for us to "sell ourselves" - doing these exercises is like trying to market a product - with yourself as the product. I don't think we are accustomed to looking at our selves in that way.....

I've always felt that in school, they want to help make sure you learn, and your job is to learn. At work, that's all lip service. The true agenda is, "You say you know how to do X? Prove it! And make it profitable!" in spite of the talk of helping others succeed etc. Just my opinion.

I like what Jon had to say.

Hey, I'm really good at keeping people at arm's length, as well.

I sort of wondered what skills I'd learned while working, but now that I'm in grad school with a bunch of folks with 5 - 10 years less experience than I have, I realize how much I've really learned. I'm sure that you'd find that, too.

Have you asked someone else to help you with your homework? When my old office was closing and we were all being outsourced together, we were lucky enough to have career coaching at the same time, so we could turn to people who knew us for help. I'd ask your assistant what she thinks your strengths are; I bet you'd find it a terrific ego boost! Or if you have a boss or mentor that you trust, you could ask them.

Some things I've observed from reading this blog: You're very introspective and have a great sense of style and self. You're extremely tenacious (one only has to read one or two accounts of some of your walks to know that). You pay close attention to the world around you and really seem to care about urban planning. You're obviously a good writer, or else we wouldn't keep returning to this blog. You care so much about people, also evident from the way that you write about your neighbors and pets and your sweetie. I know that this isn't great resume fodder, and I only know you from this one medium, so discount it if you like, but I think that all of this comes through.

If I've overstepped polite comment boundaries, I'm really sorry.

I really like this post - mostly because I identify with some big parts of it. I'm facing a job hunt in the near future, and as I've done administrative work my whole post-college life, I feel quite painted into a corner (something I most certainly did to myself) and like I don't know what else on earth I could possibly do - because I don't know what else is out there. *sigh* So, nothing profound or helpful from me, just that I really liked the way you put it. My biggest consolation some days seems to be, "This too shall pass."

yeh, there's a strange kind of magnetism you have
going for you. I mean...how strange is it for a 60-yr-old guy living deep in the boonies on the far opposite side of the country to wake up every morning, start his coffee and check in on SBA in Portland first thing, before even thinking
about the Post and the NYT lying on the doorstep.

For whatever it's worth, your writing here is
very important to me.

yeh, there's a strange kind of magnetism you have
going for you. I mean...how strange is it for a 60-yr-old guy living deep in the boonies on the far opposite side of the country to wake up every morning, start his coffee and check in on SBA in Portland first thing, before even thinking
about the Post and the NYT lying on the doorstep.

For whatever it's worth, your writing here is
very important to me.