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Being smart isn’t enough, because the world revolves around people

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We’re going to have so many everyday, in-person, interactions with people who have no idea what’s on our resumes; to them, you’re a raw human being with a handful of personality traits.

We’re going to have so many everyday, in-person, interactions with people who have no idea what’s on our resumes; to them, you’re a raw human being with a handful of personality traits. To them, we’re just the (possibly stereotyped) mental images that can be gathered from 20 seconds of talking to us and observing our body language. But observing someone for 20 seconds can actually tell you a lot about them. And these everyday interactions can actually make a difference. I took my (4th) driving test a few days ago. The instructor was a middle-aged lady who honestly looked really tired of her…

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