Another break (and blog) for me. Oh boy!

So once again I’m giving myself time off from this blog. In the meantime, in addition to my older posts, here’s something that might amuse.

If you wonder where I’ll be spending some of my time, I have another blog called Work Coach where I offer work-related thoughts and advice. Lately I’ve been getting a nice flurry of Dear Work Coach questions, and have had the pleasure of realizing a lifelong dream of having a Dear Ann Landers type advice column. Well…kind of.

I actually hold myself back from those snappy, in-your-face “Wake up and smell the coffee” remarks for which she was so well known. I do try my best, as she did, to give caring and practical advice – but without the famous one-two punch. But truth be told, at times I feel myself channeling Ann and, when I do, I have to wrestle those snappy-answer demons down by remembering there’s a real person on the other end who might need to be treated with kid gloves.

I love when someone writes back and lets me know my advice helped, although often it’s not much more than some comforting thoughts. Nothing make me feel better than to know I made someone else feel better. And it really does make up for all the tempting wise-ass remarks I had to let go.

So if you’re curious about some of the questions I get and want to see how surprisingly restrained and civilized I can be, you might want to check out the post where I get the most questions:

How to Tell If a Job Interview Went Well

And should you catch me being mean or snappy (at least on THAT blog), you have my permission to give me 40 lashes with a wet noodle! (Ann Landers would be so proud.)

See you after my break!

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