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A Clip from “It’s Your Career, After All” with Douglas E. Welch from the Career Opportunities Podcast
Douglas E. Welch (http://douglasewelch.com) presents to the class Career Development – Theories and Techniques at Pepperdine Graduate School of Education & Psychology taught by fellow CareerCamp Co-Chair, Danielle Gruen
Transcript:
I…and I see an interesting trend immediately when those sites (Whisper, Secret) first started. Amongst the largest secrets and/or whispers out there, were some very distressing statements. All very similar. ” I wish that my boyfriend would cheat on me so I would have an excuse to break up with him. I wish my girlfriend would do something stupid so I could have an excuse to break up with her. I wish that such and such would do something so I would have an excuse”…again and again and again. I would see these comments being made and it drove me a little bit mad. How sad is that? How sad is it to not be able to make a decision that’s in your own best interest, but to rather look for an excuse from someone else for you to make, what might be, a hard decision. That told me a lot about people.
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