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submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by cheese_greater@lemmy.world to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.ca

It can still have positive and negative lingering effects but focus on the big picture for a moment

For me:

  • the opposite of having established redundant measures for safety kills. My finances have been improving since I plan for the worst and overestimate my liabillities while underestimating potential inflows
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[-] BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

By failing to get a job that I was the most qualified applicant for, then having a mentor (who was one of the people already in that role) help me understand why I didn't get it. I was steaming mad. It wasn't fair, it wasn't reasonable, but it wasn't something that I could control either. I could only choose how I dealt with it.

[-] mysticpickle@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago
[-] BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago
[-] mysticpickle@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 day ago

Why didn't you get it? Seniority? Nepotism? Rotten capful of yogurt left in someone's locker? :o

[-] BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

Nepotism. A friend of people who already had that role got it.

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