Angst About American-Style Self-Promotion
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Do you feel uncomfortable with self-promotion?  Join the club.  Lots of people have hesitations, discomforts, or hang-ups about American-style career self-promotion.  Yet talking about yourself, your capabilities, and your interests are not optional.  It’s a requirement of career stewardship.  In this episode, Michael is joined again by his colleague, Leslie Hom.  They talk about the particular cultural choices of “American-style self-promotion” (and how shows up quite distinctly in the Netflix show, “Emily in Paris”), discuss why it doesn’t come naturally to everyone, and analyze some of the specific reasons we can get skeeved out by talking about ourselves.  And then they offer some suggestions about what you can do to feel and get better at this.  
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