Is your business life your social life?

I have always held a clear boundary between my professional and my personal worlds, and it was easy until recently. There was some amount of anonymity to mail lists, newsgroups, online forums, and even social sites to a degree. There is comfort in separating my professional life and my personal life. Professionally, I am known [...]

Keeping Your Cool Around Hot Tempers

It happens to everyone. Somebody makes a value judgment that you don’t agree with, so you state your disagreement. You point out that not everyone shares their particular values. Then they respond by turning it into a personal attack, suggesting that anyone who thinks like you must be a crackhead or worse. They’ve thrown down [...]