Tag: corporate
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The day I didn’t get a KitKat
Have you ever felt the universe directly and literally talking to you? Yesterday, it happened to me; not once, but several times, as if something was gently nudging me in the same direction. A month ago, after an incident at work, I started contemplating the idea of leaving my job and dedicating my time to…
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Chapter 4: A Fragile Sense of Pride
Chapter 1: The Weight of ArrivalChapter 2: Roots of ResilienceChapter 3: Her Success Backfires Chapter 4: A Fragile Sense of Pride The company’s stark white logo on the great revolving glass door she walked through every morning was a glaring reminder of how far she had come. Although the door led to the essentially empty reception hall, her…
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Chapter 3: Her Success Backfires
Welcome to chapter three of my corporate adventures series. Here are links to chapters 1 and 2. Chapter 1: The Weight of ArrivalChapter 2: Roots of Resilience Chapter 3: Her Success Backfires The project she was assigned in Germany suited her perfectly. Her role, together with another colleague, was to relaunch the English news section of the…
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Chapter 2: Roots of Resilience
It makes me happy that you are coming back to the second chapter of my story and adventure in the corporate world. If you haven’t read the first chapter, here is a quick link: Chapter 1: The Weight of Arrival Chapter 2: Roots of Resilience Having struggled with obesity early in life, and growing up as the…
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Chapter 1: The Weight of Arrival
Chapter 1: The Weight of Arrival It was another sleepless night. Her mind replayed the day’s events and conversations over and over again, like the incessant loop of a broken record. To this day, she fails to understand why she, in the not-so-distant past, compulsively repeated the details of her interactions at work in her…
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