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Being an employee may not feel particularly extraordinary.  If you think about it, you're only responsible enough to hold a job and receive a steady pay check, but you probably lack the resources or confidence to start your own business and become the boss. As an employee, you lack control, or you’re restricted by your work hours, and your progression in the company is usually determined by others. You rarely discuss being an employee in conversations with people, and “salaried laborer” isn’t the best introduction for many attractive people sitting alone at the end of the bar. But in all this, it’s your salary is what distinguishes your value and how much crap you’re willing to put up with.  While your employer might occasionally show bits of appreciation to you, the true sense of significance often lies in the monetary value they assign to your work. Typically, these moments of remuneration occur annually, accompanied by a performance review that quantifies how much or how littl

Have you ever noticed that during conversations, you sometimes feel compelled to cite the source of the facts you share, resulting in endless babbling on your part? It's as if simply being clear and concise, and leaving people with an impression that you’re an interesting person isn't enough. Your brain and your mouth work against each other resulting in exaggerated verbosity.  For some reason, you find yourself tacking on an extra sentence or two in your conversation to give proper credit for the information you share, only to ramble on.  When you realize the mistake you make in your over-talking, you then start worrying that the person you're talking to might see you as incoherent or foolish, causing you to ramble on some more to cover up your feelings of foolishness. Many of us can relate to this experience. We might say things like: "I learned from a newsletter by the American Psychological Institute, which I was reading during my morning bathroom routine, that dur