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nowaypablo  ·  3473 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: July 8, 2015

I like that you buried getting into EMLYON after all that horrid stuff :D

Congrats man, that's great news– I hope you make the best use of those opportunities. As for the summer job, considering all the craziness that your management has got itself caught up in, it seems like a great opportunity to subtly fuck around with your job. Is there always someone listening in? Maybe you can have fun with it, or relieve tension when you're on the phone– talk casually and in a friendly way instead of a rushed and oppressed summer employee, it does wonders surprisingly.

I've had to write a ton of e-mails recently, that are all very awkward to write (asking for letters of recommendation, organizing meetings and schedules and appointments, talk to college admissions, etc.) and it's one of the most uncomfortable things I've ever had to do. Then I started dropping the annoying formalities and (still being respectful and appropriate) I wrote the e-mails like I would speak to the person out loud. It made everything much easier, and I even started getting better responses from everyone I spoke to. Good luck!