Comments on: A Gentle Tongue Can Break a Bone

By: Bill

Bill — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 04:12:10 +0000

A gentle correction: the correct Bible passage is Proverbs 25:15 . . .

By: dzeeck

dzeeck — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 06:11:32 +0000

great essay. dead on.

By: twitter

twitter — Sun, 03 May 2009 15:34:11 +0000

Hi and thank you for this post! I was exactly like you as a child but somehow I was always drawn to journalism and ended up as a reporter on a local paper. Fancying a change, I decided to try the PR route. Even though I've been offered lengthy work experience at a top world agency (no mean feat) I'd started to have doubts, mainly because I'm still an 'introvert' even though I can handle it better than as a child. Whenever anyone mentions PR in the media, glam flirty women or bolshy aggressive men who love themselves always seem to come to mind. The irony is I've already had some experience in PR and the people I worked with were lovely and not at all like that! Anyway, this post has forced me to get over myself and go for it. I know I'd love the job.

By: theamazingrandy

theamazingrandy — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:53:52 +0000

I’ve also heard of “subjective” vs. “objective” career choices — subjective meaning solo pursuits such as research, objective being sales, lecturing, in-your-public’s-face occupations. Career science people claim that much unhappiness results from subjectives in objective jobs or vice versa. Well expressed in this posting, but consider what your job requires as well as what you are inside. BTW, it’s “extrovert”. Good reading, thanks.

By: Scott Baradell

Scott Baradell — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:34:00 +0000

Thanks very much DS and TMD!