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questionswork's Tips from the Trenches comments (10)

• How to Survivify: Surviving an award show

  • Drink after the event. Unless you are a really funny drunk who doesn't swear, you could find a martini ends your moment in the spotlight badly.

  • Write your acceptance speech. It isn't bad luck...it is just bad taste to stumble about with who you want to thank.

  • Always thank your spouse. You know why.

  • Practice in front of the mirror saying "I'd like to thank the members of the academy for this award"

• How to Survivify: Working for a mean boss

  • Remember the job is not you...you are not the job

  • Take careful notes...never meet a mean boss without a note pad and pen...just taking notes can cool their jets

  • Ask the right questions...if they give you too many things to do say "I want to exceed your expectations on the most important priority...which one would you like me to focus on?"

• How to Survivify: Flying Cross Country Economy Class

  • Ear plugs...for some reason having sonic isolation makes the physical restraint less obnoxious

  • Wool suits...they breathe and they can keep you both warm and cool as you travel.

• How to Survivify: Job Interview

  • Having a list of questions to ask is essential for you to show that you are smart, capable and ready to take on the challenge. A good question gives you some control and helps you connect.

questionswork's Look on the Bright Side comments (8)

• How to Survivify: Surviving an award show

  • You could get to walk up to the stage with all eyes upon you.

  • If you are lucky, the bully in fifth grade who gave you such a hard time will recognize you and regret stealing your lunch money.

  • If you are really lucky, every former boy friend and/or girl friend will see you accept an award and instantly regret the heartbreak they caused you (or forgive you for the heart ache you caused them)

• How to Survivify: Flying Cross Country Economy Class

  • Every minute should be getting you closer to your destination.

  • You might get ahead of the troubles that have followed you

• How to Survivify: Working for a mean boss

  • You will learn not what to do

  • You will have funny stories to tell...someday...after your scars have healed

• How to Survivify: Job Interview

  • Every interview makes you more prepared for the next one. Remember how many dates you have to go on to find the right person...same thing with job interviews...one is not enough.

questionswork's Quotes (4)

• How to Survivify: Job Interview

  • God may be in the details, but the goddess is in the questions. Once we begin to ask them, there's no turning back. -Gloria Steinem

• How to Survivify: Flying Cross Country Economy Class

  • “Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life.” – Jack Kerouac -Jack Kerouac

• How to Survivify: Working for a mean boss

  • Cannibals prefer those who have no spines. -Stanislaw Lem

• How to Survivify: Surviving an award show

  • Show business is just like high school, except you get paid.” - Martin Mull