2.24.2009
How to be Smarter: Read “Why Work Sucks and How to Fix it” by C. Ressler and J.Thompson. Great productivity strategies that can be applied to your work life.
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How to be Smarter: Read “Why Work Sucks and How to Fix it” by C. Ressler and J.Thompson. Great productivity strategies that can be applied to your work life.
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How to be Smarter: Try to avoid stubbing your toe. However, if you do, pinch your arm the second you stub it. Your brain can’t process pain in two places; this neutralizes the toe hurt.
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How to be Smarter: Want to network? Invite someone to coffee. It’s informal, it means business, and you can do it at anytime of the day.
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How to be Smarter: A simple way to avoid hurt feelings is: don’t get too invested too early. Yes, you love the college, but until you get in, don’t make your heart set on it. Yes, the job is perfect, but until you get the interview, don’t get too excited. Of course he is the cutest boy in the world–but until he asks you on a date and treats you sweetly, who cares about him?
How to be Prettier: The nail length this season is short, filed nails in bright colors.
How to be (less) Awkward: Please don’t go out with makeup powder all over yourself. If you spill powder on your clothes, blow dry it off instead of rubbing it in. And never put deodorant on first–wait until you are in your clothes so you don’t get those white lines on your black dress.
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How to be Smarter: Please stop bleeding your credit card dry. Switch to tea (with sugar!) instead of coffee and save money at the coffee shop each day.
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How to be Smarter: You look silly if you’re wrong. You look like a fool if you don’t admit it. One “I’m sorry! So glad you are here to show me” corrects the problem and makes the other person feel good. If it turns out you were right in the end, you’ll look like the smartest guy in the world. If it turns out you were wrong, NBD.
How to be Prettier: http://shopapparel.lacoste.com/p/Solid-Pique-Headband/B0011UUJYA. Something from Lacoste that costs seven dollars? Yes please.
How to be (less) Awkward: Recipe for being well-liked by your peer group: just be fun. Smile, laugh, buy someone a drink, ask how they are, send a birthday text even if you are not close. Easy peasy.
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How to be Smarter: An easy way to get ahead in school is to search for articles that are relevant to the course and then email them to the teacher, with a note saying you found this article and it relates to class. Teachers like the extra effort and you look like you are an avid newsreader, which is a good thing to be.
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How to be Smarter: Keep up with current events. Not only will you know what you are talking about when somebody asks your opinion, but it’s always fun to see which CSI episodes are based on true occurrences, even when the disclaimer says they aren’t.
How to be Prettier: Read the serving size BEFORE you eat half that box of cookies. Finding out that 2 cookies have 1527 calories and you just ate an entire weeks worth of food in one sitting usually makes you feel fat. And when you feel bad about yourself, you put less effort into your appearance. All in all, you end up looking ugly because you feel ugly. It’s not good!
How to be (less) Awkward: Do you take your laundry to the cleaners? Live in a building with a basement washing machine and ridiculously cute neighbors? Invest in a laundry bag as opposed to a laundry basket. Laundry bags pull completely closed, avoiding those embarrassing mishaps like dropping those heinous granny panties right outside your crush’s door.
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How to be Smarter: Wear a suit to work occasionally–it will make your boss think you are interviewing elsewhere, making you more desirable at your current job.
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How to be Smarter: Nervousness can make you seem less competent. When starting to feel nervous, touch something soft to calm your nervous. Your shirt collar or scarf works well.
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