I had some tough things go on in my childhood, and once people know me well and I fill in some details, they're surprised that I turned out more or less successful and tend towards kindness/generosity. However, I do know A LOT about my family history. I know stories about my great-grandparents, distant cousins, etc.…

I gave myself a "yes" for that, because even though I didn't hear that particular story, my parents did tell me that my grandmother was hunched over because she had a negative outlook, and it literally dragged her down. So I figured it was the same type of story.

I'm with you. There are a lot of people who may be very competent but who do things that are extremely off-putting, and as an interviewer, you can't tell them the problem due to legal reasons. I did a Skype interview with someone once who was actually brilliant, but for some reason she chose to be wearing a nightgown…

Crazy. I like it but I won't pay a second time.

The thing to keep in mind is, you don't get to start enjoying the benefits of being great at something until you're great, and it will take you more than 7 years to get great at something if you have to work at something else at the same time.

I saw a photo of me from 7 years ago and was shocked that I looked so much older then than I do now. Then I realized that since then:

Been there, done that.

Oh, yes, I did have a specific company in mind.

Actually, it did help the process. My money was in my bank account the next day.

I'm not taking about average customer service. I'm talking about a company that accepts your order, charges your credit card, doesn't have your item in stock and never intends to, and ignores or puts off your email inquiries for three months. In other words, they committed a crime.

I am the same way. I start with nice and polite. But, from that, I expect a nice and polite response, and I expect a satisfactory result. My next step is somewhat situation specific. I never go to screaming and swearing, but I have been known to begin a follow-up call with, "I am also recording this call, and will be…

Wow. I will never rent from Hertz.

I ended up getting a scholarship to college, but if I hadn't, I couldn't have afforded college, and I would have just moved some random place. I grew up in Oildale, CA, which was profoundly unpleasant for me. I felt strongly enough about leaving Oildale that I would not have considered the option of staying at home…

Here's a Catch-22 for you. If I become facebook friends with someone, and I still can't see much of their page, I move them to "limited". So if we became facebook friends, you would first automatically move me to limited. I would look at your page and say, "Hey, he's not showing me much...I bet he has some kind of…

Success story here form another late-bloomer:
I used to think that I really wanted to have an Audrey Hepburn-like flair. Really sleek and chic. But I always looked frumpy. Well, that's because I outweighed her average weight, have a larger chest and hips than she did (but not waist) and am 5 inches shorter than she…

I never fell asleep easily before midnight, even as a little kid. I get a surge around 9 or 10pm that lasts a couple of hours. The only way I can crash really easily is if something has disturbed my sleep or forced me to rise early (before 7 am) several consecutive nights, and I am reaching the point of exhaustion…

I am a "sometimes".Because of what I do, I have to have a domain with my real name and pics, etc. IT's just a fact of life. So I have my real name on my twitter and foursquare, and I have a widget on my webpage. I check into places that do support the image that I am trying to present on that website, which is that I…

I do this too!

Something I have found frustrating while traveling internationally is that I can check in at the airports, but not anywhere in the actual country unless I want to get raped by data charges on whatever phone I'm using, if I even have on that works overseas.

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