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The Cure for Imposter Syndrome

Post author By Christopher Pierznik
Post date August 19, 2022
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“I am not a writer. I’ve been fooling myself and other people.”

— John Steinbeck

Maybe it’s a new job or even a new career. Perhaps it’s a promotion. It could be a spot in a graduate program or a leading role in a big show.

The details can vary, but the underlying thought remains: I don’t belong here and, worse, everyone will realize it any moment now and I’ll be shunned forever.

It’s called imposter syndrome and while it seems to affect all of us, we internalize it to the point that we believe it affects only us.

Tags Career, Failure, Feelings, Life, Mental Health, Success

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My Terrible Job Interview Experiences

Post author By Christopher Pierznik
Post date July 22, 2022
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“Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell ’em, ‘Certainly I can!’ Then get busy and find out how to do it.”

– Theodore Roosevelt

I’ve had so many bad job interview experiences. For years, it felt as if every time I went for an interview, I walked out feeling dejected and miserable. There were times when it felt like it would never improve. As someone that is now in the position where I interview others to join my team, I’m empathetic to those that come in looking for an opportunity.

Tags Business, Career, Job Interview, Work

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The Worst Boss I Ever Had

“Having a bad boss isn’t your fault. Staying with one is.”
– Nora Denzel

There are three people I think about virtually every single day:

My late mother
My late best friend
My former boss

Tags Boss, Career, Leadership, Life, LIfe Lessons, Work

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I’ve Given Up My Dream of Being a (Full-Time) Writer

Post author By Christopher Pierznik
Post date July 8, 2021
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“For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, ‘It might have been.’”
— John Greenleaf Whittier

It was always just a dream.

Tags Career, Dreams, Happiness, Life, Writer's Block, Writing

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My Best Writing of 2020

Everyone knows 2020 was not a typical year. In fact, it was probably the weirdest and most stressful twelve months most of us have ever experienced.

Some of the items I wrote this year were in direct response to what was happening in the world – both in macro and the micro sense – while others could’ve been published any other time.

The biggest change to my writing routine was my output – or lack thereof.

Tags Batman, Best of, Best of 2020, Business, Business School, Career, Children, Fatherhood, Film, Grad School, Hip-Hop, LeBron James, Life, Rap, Sports, Wu-Tang Clan

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Back to School at 40

“Always stay a student.”
— Frank Shamrock

The professor opened class with a simple statement.

“I assume everyone has the syllabus and all of the materials.”

Uh, I didn’t. I looked around the room and quickly ascertained that I was the only one. There was no sense in hiding.

I raised my hand to tell him. He wasn’t too annoyed. He simply said, “Open up Canvas and download it now, please.”

I said, “You got it,” but I thought, What the hell is ‘Canvas’?

Tags Analytics, Business, Business Analytics, Business School, Career, Continuing Education, Grad School, Learning, Life, School

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No Days Off

The weather on the east coast is very hot and unbearably humid. My daughters like to play in the water and chase lightning bugs. We are in the midst of the summer. The calendar is about to flip to August. It sometimes feels normal.

But it’s not a normal summer. We’re all still living under a cloud of uncertainty and fear as an invisible, silent genocidal killer continues to haunt us.

And I haven’t had a complete day off since March 8th.

Tags Career, COVID-19, Health, Hospital, Time Off, Vacation, Work

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My Very Best Writing of 2019

Post author By Christopher Pierznik
Post date December 16, 2019
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Is it really going to be 2020?

Tags Best of, Best of 2019, Career, Children, Creativity, Fatherhood, Hip-Hop, Life, Music, Rap, Sports, Work, Work Life Balance

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The Ten Words That Changed My Life

Post author By Christopher Pierznik
Post date December 9, 2019
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For the first time in my career, I wa s f ailing.

Tags Career, Fatherhood, Work, Work Life Balance

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All of the Successful People I Know Have One Thing in Common

Post author By Christopher Pierznik
Post date July 22, 2019
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One of the perks of my job is that I am fortunate to sit in meetings with the leadership of the organization — President/CEO, COO, CFO, VP’s, fellow directors, managers, whomever.

Tags Advancement, Business, Career, Growth, Learning, Success