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How to Run a Meeting

by Brett & Kate McKay

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Have you ever been at a meeting where all you can think about is how much more productive you’d be working alone at your desk? And how much of the company’s money is swirling down the drain while your co-workers surreptitiously check their Blackberries under the table? And how you wish you had made like [...]

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So You Want My Job: Archaeologist

by Brett & Kate McKay

Once again we return to our So You Want My Job series, in which we interview men who are employed in desirable jobs and ask them about the reality of their work and for advice on how men can live their dream.
Any man who has ever watched the Indiana Jones movies has had the thought [...]

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So You Want My Job: Police Officer

by Brett & Kate McKay

Image from Chicagos Finest
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Once again we return to our So You Want My Job series, in which we interview men who are employed in desirable jobs and ask them about the reality of their work and for advice on how men can live their dream.
Today we hear from a man who works as a police [...]

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So You So Want My Job: Army Scout

by Brett & Kate McKay

Once again we return to our So You Want My Job series, in which we interview men who are employed in desirable jobs and ask them about the reality of their work and for advice on how men can live their dream.

Today we hear from one of the dedicated men serving our country in the Armed Forces. Caleb DeArmas is a Calvary Scout in the US Army who will soon be sent back to Iraq for another tour of duty.

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How to Speed Read Like Theodore Roosevelt

by Brett & Kate McKay

When Theodore Roosevelt did things, he did them with gusto. That included reading. Roosevelt was a voracious reader. The man devoured books like a damn hungry lion feasting on a fresh kill. While in the White House, he would read a book every day before breakfast. If he didn’t have any official business in the evening, he would read two or three more books plus any magazines and newspapers that caught his fancy.

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So You Want My Job: Road Test Driver

by Brett & Kate McKay

Arthur St. Antoine test-driving a Reynard Formula 3000 race car in Canada.
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Once again we return to our So You Want My Job series, in which we interview men who are employed in desirable jobs and ask them about the reality of their work and for advice on how men can live their dream.
Do you like [...]

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So You Want My Job: Name Consultant

by Brett & Kate McKay

Once again we return to our So You Want My Job series, in which we interview men who are employed in desirable jobs and ask them about the reality of their work and for advice on how men can live their dream.
Today we feature the coolest job you’ve never heard of: freelance namer. A freelance [...]

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So You Want My Job: Red Bus Jammer

by Brett & Kate McKay

Once again we return to our So You Want My Job series, in which we interview men who are employed in desirable jobs and ask them about the reality of their work and for advice on how men can live their dream.
If you’ve been watching Ken Burn’s new documentary about the history of our National [...]

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So You Want My Job: Bicycle Product Manager

by Brett & Kate McKay

Once again we return to our So You Want My Job series, in which we interview men who are employed in desirable jobs and ask them about the reality of their work and for advice on how men can live their dream.
Today we feature an interview with Luke Elrath. As the product manager for Breezer [...]

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So You Want My Job: Veterinarian

by Brett & Kate McKay

Once again we return to our So You Want My Job series, in which we interview men who are employed in desirable jobs and ask them about the reality of their work and for advice on how men can live their dream.
When man’s best friend gets sick, veterinarians like Richard McAroy are the ones who [...]

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So You Want My Job: Entrepreneur

by Antonio

There are some topics I know a great deal about, and some topics I don’t. Style and fashion would fall into that latter category. But I know enough to understand that how we look is absolutely critical to how other perceive us and how we feel about ourselves. So when I started the Art [...]

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So You Want My Job: Professional Wrestler

by Brett & Kate McKay

Once again we return to our So You Want My Job series, in which we interview men who are employed in desirable jobs and ask them about the reality of their work and for advice on how men can live their dream.
Today’s interview is quite a departure from our usual fare! King Dabada is a [...]

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The Importance of Paying Your Dues

by Brett & Kate McKay

As a member of a Generation Y, I’m always on the look out for articles about people my age. While many sociologists and employers have very positive things to say about my generation, they also make critiques. A common criticism that many employers have about young people entering the workplace is that 20-somethings want all [...]

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So You Want My Job: Actor

by Brett & Kate McKay

Once again we return to our So You Want My Job series, in which we interview men who are employed in desirable jobs and ask them about the reality of their work and for advice on how men can live their dream.
Eitan Loewenstein is a professional actor who has been seen on “Ghost Whisperer,” [...]

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How to Make a Decision Like Ben Franklin

by Brett & Kate McKay

“My way is to divide half a sheet of paper by a line into two columns; writing over the one Pro and over the other Con. Then during three or four days’ consideration, I put down under the different heads short hints of the different motives, that at different time occur to me, for or [...]

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