The biggest job we have is to teach a newly hired employee how to fail intelligently. We have to train him to experiment over and over and to keep on trying and failing until he learns what will work.
Most people treat the office manual the way they treat a software manual. They never look at it.
Because I have work to care about, it is possible that I may be less difficult to get along with than other women when the double chins start to form.
It can be liberating to get fired because you realize the world doesn’t end. There’s other ways to make money, better jobs.
It’s easier to change what you do than people think it is. If you don’t change, your field changes around you.