#Ava’s strength and tenacity and admirable

[gammawilson]

Ava, barbarian, mother, crone.

I finished watching episode 8 of burrows end today. It was a lot. Ava’s strength and tenacity are admirable, but I never want to be that cold, especially to my family.

Say your ‘I’m sorry’s and ‘I love you’s, they are so important, to you an others.

[bellabooks]

10 Lesbian, Bi and Queer Women in Sci Fi and Fantasy TV Right Now

Lesbian, bisexual, and queer erasure has pretty much always existed in media, but it has seemed pronounced lately, especially in Science Fiction and Fantasy (SFF) movies. We’ve seen Valkyrie straight-washed, as well as Wonder Woman, Constantine, Harley Quinn, Iceman, and Mystique. (I’ve barely scratched the surface. The list goes on and on.) In SFF TV, though, queer women are showing up in force. They’re super-powered and super-smart. We still need more and better representation, particularly for queer women of color, trans and nonbinary folks, queer women with disabilities, and every other member of the queer community who do not see themselves represented on TV.   Jeri Hogarth, Jessica Jones Jeri Hogarth (Carrie-Anne Moss) is a powerful, intimidating lesbian, lawyer, and counsel to the super-powered in Hell’s Kitchen. (Moss also played Trinity in The Matrix so you already know she’s one attractive lady.) In the comics, Jeryn Hogarth is a sort of dumpy lawyer and confidant to heroes. He’s more of a side character than an antagonist, while the Hogarth from the Jessica Jones TV show (and the other Netflix adaptations) is anything but a sidekick. She’s manipulative, conniving, and ruthless. In one of the eerier choices she makes, she salvages the potentially powered aborted fetus of the child of Kilgrave, a super villain who can make anyone do anything he wants just by saying so. She takes the cell tissue to see if she can find a way to harness his powers. She even helps Kilgrave escape from Jessica so he can help her with her own divorce negotiation. In the end, Kilgrave supercharges himself with tissue samples from the aborted fetus, which make him that much harder for Jessica to defeat. In Iron Fist, Hogarth helps Danny Rand prove his identity and get reinstated with his family’s company after he returns, and she hires Daredevil’s best friend, Foggy Nelson. She has him represent Jessica when she gets caught up in another huge case in The Defenders. You may not like Jeri, but her tenacity is admirable. Check her out in season two of Jessica Jones, which is set to release on Netflix on March 8th.   Anissa Pierce/Thunder, Black Lightning Anissa Pierce (Nafessa Williams) recently started feeling strange. In times of great stress, she has exhibited supernatural strength and the ability to create shockwaves when she stomps. Unbeknownst to Anissa, her father, Jefferson Pierce (Cress Williams), the principal of the school where she works, is the superhero vigilante Black Lightning. As Jefferson comes out of vigilante retirement, Anissa begins exploring her powers and finds that she is frighteningly strong. The first time she uses her powers on humans, she worries that she might have killed the drug dealers she was trying to scare. In a community plagued by police brutality, gang activity, and racism, Anissa starts to believe her powers are not just a gift, but a responsibility. Time and again, throughout the show, we see Anissa assuming the role of protector. One of the best things about Anissa is the fact that she’s just out. There’s no coming out story in the TV show, though her parents do reference her coming out at one point. She lives her life as a lesbian without remorse or regret. She has a girlfriend she breaks up with and meets the very cute Grace Choi. To see her manifest her powers on top of all her confidence and power is a sight to behold.   Grace Choi, Black Lightning Grace Choi (Chantal Thuy) is a cute comic book nerd who Anissa meets in a library. They immediately connect and start flirting while talking about genetic mutation, which Anissa is researching. When Grace is knocked unconscious by a gang member, we see Anissa express her powers more drastically than ever before. Later, while she’s holding Grace, she wonders aloud if someone who could do something to right the wrongs of the world should. Grace affirms that they should. Grace has Anissa’s back and believes in her, even though she doesn’t yet know about her powers. Grace is out and open with her bisexual identity, even joking about it with Anissa. We don’t know if Grace will exhibit the powers she has in the comic books yet, but the first season has just begun. Power Coupling: #Thundergrace So far in the TV show, Anissa and Grace are just getting started as a couple and as heroes, but their attraction and support of one another has me really rooting for them. They are an extremely rare example of a relationship between queer women of color and we need more positive examples out there. Bring on #Thundergrace! You can see Anissa, Grace, and the whole Black Lightning team on Tuesdays on the CW.   Sara Lance/The White Canary, Legends of Tomorrow After surviving a horrific boat accident, Sara Lance (Caity Lotz) is recruited to the League of Assassins, naturally, and becomes a lethal force. While living with the League, she falls in love with Nyssa Al Ghul, daughter of the leader of the League. Sara, who made her first appearance in Arrow, fights alongside and dates the Green Arrow (or Arrow or Hood, or whatever Oliver Queen is calling himself at the time), survives her own death by use of a magical hot tub, and is recruited to join a team of time traveling vigilantes. A typical tale. She assumes the identity of the White Canary for her new role and as she travels through time, Sara flirts with and kisses nurses, a female Merlin, and her teammate, Leonard Snart. In the second season of Legends of Tomorrow, Sara becomes the ship’s captain and leads with humor, grace, and many, many stunning fight scenes. She tempers the ragtag team of heroes and damn, it’s nice to see a woman in charge. Season three of Legends of Tomorrow is still in progress, and things are heating up with Ava Sharpe. You can catch my favorite bisexual time traveling captain on Mondays on the CW.   Alex Danvers, Supergirl Agent of the Department of Extra-Normal Operations (D.E.O.) and member of her sister Supergirl’s team, Alex Danvers (Chyler Leigh) comes out of the closet in season two of Supergirl. Some of us might be sick of coming out stories, but for a show created for a younger audience, this coming out story is powerful. Alex describes herself as always feeling like something was wrong with her, as if she didn’t want to date, until she met Maggie (Floriana Lima). An out and proud cop, Maggie assumes Alex is gay, which helps Alex out of the closet. The two begin dating, while fighting super villains and teaming up with heroes from other universes. Ultimately, Alex and Maggie split because Alex wants to have kids and that doesn’t work for Maggie. In the end, the actor, Lima, decided not to return to the show, so the split was inevitable. Decisive, powerful, loyal, and quite the fighter, Alex is a credit to queer women. You can see her on season three of Supergirl which is currently airing on Mondays on the CW.   Waverly Earp, Wynonna Earp The younger sister of the heir to the Earp Curse, Waverly Earp (Dominique Provost-Chalkley) is whip smart, adorkable, and an irreplaceable member of her sister Wynonna’s team. When we first meet Waverly, she’s wielding a shotgun, which is aimed at her sister Wynonna (Melanie Scrofano), who she believes is currently hooking up with Waverly’s boyfriend. Over the first season of the show, we see Waverly begin to question her relationship and her sexuality, as she comes into contact with the very sexy police officer, Officer Haught. When Officer Haught kisses Waverly for the first time, it is powerful, sensual, and blows Waverly’s world right open. As Waverly explores her sexuality, we see her transition from a shy woman testing the waters to a powerful woman who goes after what she wants. The second season also finds Waverly questioning her relationship to her family and her future.   Officer Haught, Wynonna Earp Officer Nicole Haught (Katherine Barrell) is an unshakeable force for good on Wynonna’s team. At first, the group keeps Officer Haught in the dark, but she’s a great detective and figures out that something is amiss in the Ghost River Triangle. When the supernatural happenings are confirmed for her, she doesn’t freak out. She’s just relieved she’s not the only one who knows something is wrong. She fights heterosexism, small town politics, and demons throughout the show. In the second season, Officer Haught is wounded by a demon-widow and falls into a coma. The audience feared the worst for Haught, but she comes out of the coma and lives to fight another day. Power Coupling: #WayHaught Officer Haught and Waverly are both awesome on their own, but together they make cute-sexy-funny-loving relationships seem natural. Things aren’t always easy—they make it through their own fair share of supernatural mishaps—but they’re an example of what love between two women can look like. You’ll be able to watch #WayHaught’s evolution in season three of Wynonna Earp, which is slated to air on SyFy sometime in 2018.   Karolina Dean/Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, Runaways What do you do when you find out your parents are super villains? Karolina Dean (Virginia Gardner) and her friends try to answer this question in season one of Runaways. While sleuthing and being a hormonal teenager, Karolina also finds out that she has superpowers. She can manipulate solar light and fly. When the bracelet she was given as a child isn’t inhibiting her abilities, she shines like an iridescent rainbow. Can she get any queerer? In fact, she can! As they prepare to act like normal kids for a night at the high school dance, Karolina finally makes her feelings known and kisses Nico, her friend and eventual leader of the Runaways. They go on to kiss again later in the season and share a very sweet moment complete with eye batting and sly smiles.   Nico Minoru/Sister Grimm, Runaways Nico Minoru (Lyrica Okano) is a bad witch you do not want to mess with. She can do anything, but she can only do it once. (It’s a limitation of her magical powers.) She’s a member of the all-female Avengers called A-Force, and a general badass. Long before her reign as bad witch, though, Nico was just a kid in California–a kid with super villain parents–but a kid nonetheless. This is where we meet her in the TV show Runaways. She’s emo, she’s angry, and she’s mourning the death of her sister. When she and her friends find out that their parents are evil, she starts investigating her connection to a family heirloom, the Staff of One, which gives her the ability to manifest anything she can think of. During this confusing time in Nico’s life, she kisses Alex, another teammate, but after she finds out that Alex has been keeping secrets about her sister’s death, she rejects his advances. She and Karolina share a passionate kiss and this sets Nico down an entirely new path of self-discovery. Power Coupling: #Nicolina One of the best things about Karolina and Nico’s relationship is how far it deviates from the comic books, which are filled with off-hand heterosexist remarks and Nico distancing herself from Karolina when Karolina expresses an interest in her. In the TV show, we see two young women acknowledging their attraction. We’ve barely seen either use their powers and I’m really looking forward to what happens to #Nicolina in season two. You can join me in watching their relationship to each other and their parents evolve in season two of Runaways, which has been renewed for a second season on Hulu. Given when the first season aired, we might see the second season as soon as fall 2018.   Cassandra Cillian/The Librarian, The Librarians  Cassandra Cillian (Lindy Booth) is a genius with a brain tumor, which essentially gives her super powers. Recruited by the mystical Library to preserve magical artifacts, Cassandra is one of the three librarians who is new to the game. For much of the show’s run thus far, the show seems to flirt with the idea of Cassandra’s queerness. She gets enchanted and becomes a female Prince Charming. All the ladies in the town start fawning over her and she likes it. She flirts with a diplomat and gets her phone number, while also stealing her earrings, which are magical artifacts, so it’s totally fine. And, on more than one occasion, she makes eyes at her Guardian (not that kind of guardian, gross. It’s a magical thing.), played by Rebecca Romijn. I also make eyes at Romijn in this TV show. At one point, Cassandra makes advances toward an older male character and seems to have some sexual tension with another librarian who is male. After three seasons, the show finally lets Cassandra be out. When Cassandra’s life-threatening tumor is removed, she realizes how close to the end she was and rushes to see her friend, who is a vampire that she has been relentlessly flirting with the entire episode. They share a passionate kiss and boom, Cassandra’s out of the closet! The season finale of season four of The Librarians just recently aired. We’re waiting with baited breath to see if TNT will renew the show for a fifth season. http://dlvr.it/QJKcGZ

[thebigdog14]

I knew was forgetting some other fandoms!

Effing Ava & Sara from Legends is a pretty awesome ship. Sara’s tenacity and strength is awe inspiring. She’s lost her sister and her father, and yet she finds solace in Ava. And I feel so bad that Ava doesn’t even have a childhood that shaped her. She was robbed. But together, Sara & Ava support each other, both having baggage that most folks can’t handle.

Oliver & Felicity from Arrow is also great. Oliver has such a hard time with his dark side, but Felicity keeps him grounded in a way no one else can. And I enjoy seeing Felicity grow into a stronger human. She isn’t just some tech genius behind a screen. She had depth. It isn’t touched on much but she has had so much trauma. From her dad’s criminal past to nearly being blown up on island, she’s been through a lot to come out stronger. She helps Oliver see there is more to life than violence. She brings out his softer side.

And OMG Kara & Alex have such a great sister relationship. They bring out the best in each other. Alex is living proof that strength is more than just the power behind a fist. And for Kara, I admire her ability to live everyday despite having lost an entire planet. She doesn’t let it define her. She stands and fights for what is right. She stands firm with her beliefs on what is right and wrong. She has so much compassion, more than most people in real life. She and Alex together make a wonderful duo.

You are absolutely right. Adults lose sight of the life lessons properly told stories can have. The impact even a single moment in media, whether a book, a movie, a tv show, or music, can be instrumental in shaping a person’s life. One moment can have a major impact. Adults get lost in their own world. Taking a moment to escape and learn from media can make a difference. Sorry again for the rambling.

It’s wierd isn’t it?

You’ll always have your first OTP. Your first always has a special place in your heart. You never forget it. It doesn’t fade, but you always make room for more. But that first one is special. It’s wierd, how over time, it gets better with age. As you learn and grow you are able to reflect on it in deeper way than before. You see something that you didn’t notice before that the OTP has. And no matter how long it has been, it affects you for the rest of your life.

For me, my first OTP was Everlark (Katniss & Peeta from “The Hunger Games.”) They introduced me to the world of fandoms and what it is like to delve into a reality that isn’t my own. They showed me a new perspective that I didn’t know was possible. Katniss’s strength and Peeta’s heart combined showed me what the world could be like. They showed me that learning from another reality is a new way of seeing the world. I am forever grateful to them.

In the same world Cato & Clove also resonated with me. They may be minor characters, but they do have depth. I wish I had known more about them. They were the subjects of my first fanfictions, and boy did those suck. But at least I entered the world of fanfiction. I’ve read some crazy and awesome things that have shown me creativity that I’ve never thought possible. So when I entered that world, I enjoyed honing my own creative skills while adding depth to characters that deserved more story than they got. The movie didn’t do them much justice except at Cato’s death scene.

As time went on I found another dystopian Trilogy, The Divergent Series. I was introduced to Tris & Tobias. They showed me that a person can be more than one thing and are not defined by labels. Anyone can be smart & strong; they don’t have to be one or the other. Tris also showed me what real sacrifice looks like and that sometimes, it is absolutely necessary for the greater good, but should not be taken lightly. I began a multi chapter fic for them, but once I graduated high school, I abandoned it and am afriad to take it up again because I feel as though it deserves better than what I can give it.

I also found The Delirium Trilogy. It is a much smaller and less popular series, but the author’s writing really spoke to me. The entire book was about a young teenager who just wanted to understand love, but also wanted to save it. In her world, people are told love is a disease and they have surgery at 18 which prevents them from falling in love. Throughout the series you see the main character, Lena, realize how wrong the government is. She learns to stand up and fight for what is right, but not without some life lessons along the way. Her growth throughout the series is what got me. I was about her age when I read the books, so I was trying to grow too. We kind of grew up together. Sure, I’m still growing but to see what she went through at such a young age was interesting to read about.

Once I entered college, I lost touch with the fandom world. It shaped me and I am kicking myself for almost leaving it behind. However I found it again. With a movie this time. A kids movie no less. Scratch that. A fucking Disney movie.

I was bored and turned on the tv just as the movie Descendants started. It is about the children of all the couples from Disney’s fairytales. The main character, Mal, had grown up thinking she was this big bad witch like her mother, Maleficent. She grew up on The Isle of The Lost, a place where all Disney Villains went. When she and her friends got the chance to go to live and learn with the children of princes and princesses, her mother wants her to steal something so the Isle can be free. Thinking she has no choice, she plans on it, but like every Disney movie, she meets a guy who changes her. But it wasn’t the cheap tatics and musical numbers that Disney uses that got me. There was an actual lesson there. Mal realized that she had a choice; she always had a choice. She didn’t have to be like her mother. The idea that there is always a choice is what got me. That is why I did start a multi chapter fic about them. Unfortunately a year has passed since I published a chapter. I still have 10 chapters already pre written, but I feel this tinge in my heart that says the story I want is not the story that should be told. I’m afraid to take up the mantle again.

I eventually found Fitzsimmons from Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD. It was slow at first. The storyline had always captivated me, but seeing two people as intelligent as Fitz & Simmons doing such incredible things was new to me. Media had always portrayed smart folks as nerdy and weak. Fitz & Simmons showed me that smart folks can be strong. Yes, I’ve learned this lesson before from The Divergent series, but to see it on screen was a big deal. And when those two found each other only for the universe to rip them apart time and time again, I found myself drawn into their story. They didn’t give up on being together. They used their brains and their strength to push themselves back together. So I always admire them for that.

My most recent OTP is from Marvel’s Runaways. Karolina & Nico’s relationship has opened my eyes to a part of me that I didn’t even know was there. Karolina is a church girl, and because of her upbringing, feels as though she can’t love who she wants. She’s always had found women more appealing then men, but she was afraid to act on it. As someone who believes strongly in my faith, I resonate with that. I recognize science as well (and I should considering I’m an honors biology student). I believe in science and my Jewish faith. Luckily for me I can have both. For Karolina, she is afraid that she can’t love women because her faith forbids it. Also, she doesn’t want any woman; she wants Nico, who in the middle of the series is in a relationship with a guy. But that guy betrays her trust. She is also dealing with the death of her older sister. But some how, at the end of Season 1, Karolina takes a leap of faith and admits to Nico she likes her. Nico responds positively. Karolina learns that she can be honest with herself and be with who she wants to be with. Nothing can stop her. The thing about them that strikes me is the fact I identify so much with Karolina’s coming out journery. This past year something has shifted inside me. I’m noticing I’m seeing things, or more like people, differently than before. Watching Karolina experience something similar, something so eerily similar, is scaring me. What does me shipping them say about me? What does it mean for me? Why do things feel wierd that never used to be wierd? I realize now that I must take some time to explore these new parts of myself that are emerging, but I’m scared. I worry because I don’t want to do it alone and I have no idea what I’m doing.

Overall, like I said before, it’s wierd. It’s wierd how certain stories change you, especially the fictional ones. They force you to see things in a new light. They mold you, whether you see it or not. The relationships and characters mentioned above are decent examples of that. Am I feeling a slight embarrassment right now about talking about some of these stories? Yes, but I am hopeful that Tumblr is a safe place to talk about these subjects. Right now, I suppose I’m venting and reflecting, trying to make sense of what I’m feeling right now. Going over these stories is helping me do that. I’m glad I started talking about this. I just hope I don’t face backlash.

Sorry for the rant and clogging your feed with my nonsense and idiotic rambling.

[phooll123]

How a Rebellious Streak Can Help You Excel in the Workplace

by Drew Housman 

/ 46min ago

What do people like Harry Houdini, Napoleon Bonaparte, the movie director Ava DuVernay, and the famous pilot Chesley Sullenberger have in common?

No, the answer is not “really cool names.” As Harvard Business School professor Francesca Gino shows in her new book, “Rebel Talent: Why It Pays to Break the Rules at Work and in Life,” those people achieved success in large part because of their willingness to break the mold. As Gino puts it, they are “deviants, but in a positive and constructive way.” She admiringly calls such people rebels, and she has spent a large part of her career as a social scientist showing how we can positively transform our working lives if we learn from their examples.

While Gino naturally devotes a lot of attention to the high-level strategies of CEOs, at its core, the book is about how to be a better employee.

I took away five main lessons from “Rebel Talent” that can help the average worker become more effective, and happier, in the workplace.

Be Authentic

Most of us are motivated to present the most idealized version of ourselves to others at all times. We want our employers to think of us as being good at everything and willing to take on any task. Or, if we’re job hunting, we want potential employers to know that we were always highly successful in our previous roles. This sort of thinking makes a lot of intuitive sense.

“Rebel Talent” encourages you to challenge those notions. Gino shows that we’re better off when we’re true to ourselves, even if that means admitting to mistakes and failures.

One fascinating way she illustrates this point is by writing about a study she designed involving an “elevator pitch” contest. In this Shark Tank-style competition, business school students were competing in front of judges to see who had the best startup idea.

After making their pitches, Gino had the entrepreneurs fill out a survey that aimed to find out how authentic they were. It asked things like “to what extent do you feel you were being genuine during the pitch?��

Those who felt they were being their true selves while making their pitch were three times as likely to make it to the final round. Similarly, those who admitted in their pitches to having made mistakes in the past also had a much higher likelihood of advancing in the competition. The judges valued honesty and authenticity, even though such behavior can make us feel vulnerable.

In my experience, this makes a ton of sense. When people try to sell me something at my job, I can tell almost immediately whether they actually care about what they’re selling or not. And I’m much more likely to do business with those who are genuine about it.

Remember That Everyone Struggles

We live in a culture that emphasizes how great our most prominent business leaders are. People like Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, and Elon Musk are often described with words like “genius” and “prodigy.” According to Gino, it can be easy to forget that they all made tons of mistakes along the way. When we understand that people who have more experience than us are fallible, it can have tremendous benefits.

Gino points to a study that found firefighters got a boost to their performance after reading case studies about experienced firefighters who committed errors on the job.

Similarly, Gino analyzed hospital data over a 10-year period, and found that heart surgeons who were committed to learning from the mistakes of other doctors had significantly better patient outcomes.

I find that it’s easy to notice all of my own shortcomings, but a lot harder to recognize that highly successful people I admire make just as many mistakes. Gino emphasizes that we need to make ourselves aware of all the ways that others have failed so that we’ll have the courage and tenacity to push through tough times when they arise. Doing so goes against the grain, but it pays off.

Play to Your Strengths

We’re often told that we should focus on improving our weaknesses at our jobs. For instance, if you’re great at doing research but weak at giving presentations to a team, you might be advised to work on your public speaking abilities.

Gino flips this thinking on its head. In her research, she writes, “One predictor of job performance stood out above all others: playing to strengths.”

Rather than working on our weaknesses, we should focus on using our strengths as much as possible. Doing so makes us happier, for one thing. Gino notes that “people who use their strengths daily are six times more likely to get satisfaction out of their job and report less stress and anxiety.”

Furthermore, research has shown that when managers focus on nurturing an employee’s strengths as opposed to working on their weaknesses, their performance improves by 63%.

Amazingly, playing to your strengths helps us even if all we do is think about what we’re good at. In one study, a select group of new employees at a large IT company were instructed to spend 30 minutes thinking about their strengths on their first day. In a follow-up seven months later, those people reported being more committed to their jobs, and were performing at higher levels, than those who didn’t spend the initial 30 minutes focusing on their best abilities.

This was the single most tangible takeaway from the book, from my perspective. I’ve always thought that I should be working as hard as I can to improve in my weaker areas. While that’s not a bad thing, it’s also not optimal. There are people at my company who are good at things I’m bad at, so why not let them handle that stuff? From now on, I’m going to do a better job of being even better in the areas where I already excel.

Be Curious

Gino has found in her research that “curious people often end up being star performers in their organizations.” She lays out a few different reasons as to why this is the case.

For one thing, curious people are more likely to learn new information by reaching out to their colleagues. Not every employee gets the best training, so those who are willing to ask questions and seek help tend to rise through the ranks.

Curious employees are also more likely to be happy at work, even when they’re doing seemingly mundane jobs. A study of workers in a call center showed that those who were curious saw the job less as an assembly line and more as a puzzle to be solved. This change of mindset, so subtle yet so powerful, was a fantastic predictor of who would become the highest performers. It’s a switch we can all make with a little effort.

When Gino surveyed over 3,000 employees from different industries about the power of curiosity, the results were striking. Nine out of 10 respondents (92%) “credited curious people with bringing new ideas into teams and viewed curiosity as a catalyst to job satisfaction innovation, and high performance.”

Even though some of us might be less curious by nature, “Rebel Talent” shows that fostering what curiosity you do have can have a huge payoff.

But: Use Common Sense

My only gripe with “Rebel Talent” is that instead of offering nudges or baby steps, the overall theme is that you should jump into rebelliousness head first. I can almost hear professor Gino in my head as I walk around my office: “Take chances! Tell your boss what’s really on your mind! Come on, Drew, be a rebel!”

While she has proven it can be very effective to adopt a rebel mindset, I think Gino glosses over the downsides to rebelliousness. Every workplace has its own unique dynamics, and not every employee is in a position to challenge the existing way of doing things. When Gino says things like “breaking rules enriches every aspect of our lives,” I feel the need to throw in some caveats.

For many of us, it would be bad form to start asking a bunch of pointed questions during our next conference call, or to challenge our boss repeatedly during our next one-on-one meeting. Asking too many questions can make you come across as needy, a show-off, or an annoyance. I’ve seen it happen.

It’s great to have a rebel spirit, but make sure your timing is right.

Summing Up

If you’ve been waiting for a sign that you should be more assertive and confident in the workplace, this is the book for you. Gino does a great job of showing how people who are willing to blaze their own trail tend to be happier and more productive employees. If you’re authentic, curious, willing to learn from your mishaps, and focused on what you’re good at, your career should be far more rewarding.

Just remember that you exist in the real world, not inside of a social science study, so common sense should always rule .

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