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Are You The Keymaster?
My website, like 10-seconds-after-prom-Lieutenant-Ripley, asks of all its visitors, “Are you the keymaster?” Because it is the gatekeeper. Yup, I am writing a blog post with another reference to a 1980s big hair Sigourney Weaver film. I wasn’t planning this, yet here we are. In Ghostbusters (1984), Lieutenant Ripley becomes possessed by a ghost whose…
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What Do I Do As A Designer At NASA?
I get this question a lot. And people have their own assumptions about what I do as a designer at NASA: My mom thinks I work on plans to destroy the Death Star.Friends think I float in space as an astronaut.Society thinks I do something with aliens.My bosses think I fight for the user.NASA engineers…
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Confidence is Contagious: How to Persuade by Just Being Yourself
“Confidence is feeling safe to be yourself.” – Jason Harris, The Soulful Art of Persuasion Confidence is “a belief in oneself”. Confidence is an attitude that motivates action and commands presence. It is the conviction that you possess what it takes to succeed. Confidence is what allows you to get knocked down in life –…