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Qualifications

Chris Guillebeau, October 15, 2011

qualifications

Sometimes people ask about my qualifications. It's a fair question with a simple answer: I have none.

The Good Job

Chris Guillebeau, May 29, 2011

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I visited a large company to give a talk about non-conformity and adventure. From all appearances, it was a well-run company doing good things.

Many of the employees came up to me afterwards to chat, and I asked each of them, "How are things at _____?" Most of them said that things were good, and I had no reason to doubt them.

Others had a different response, and either from what they said or how they acted, it was obvious that they weren't happy. Several of them talked with me confidentially and said variations of the following:

How To Be Yourself

Chris Guillebeau, February 3, 2011

It’s a good idea to be yourself, not only because everybody else is taken, but because trying to be anything else doesn’t usually get you very far.

But how do you do it?

First, you have to understand what you have unlearned about yourself. This process can be disheartening, as you remember past decisions where you had the chance to be yourself but instead chose to be something different.

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