“I study, too,” she said smiling. Nancy leaned forward and opened up. She held a blackbelt in Tiger Schulman’s and was studying for her second degree.
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Breakfast at The Cottage: Interview Curveball
Then Norman said something that has stuck with me since - “You’re interviewing each other. They want to know if you are a good fit for them. But you should be asking questions to gauge if you really want to work there.”
Breakfast at The Cottage: A Continued Pause
At this point, you are either a little like my normal self - barely looking into Norman and letting his personality and humanness unfold in front of you. Or you are like my working self - immediately researching the guy to find out who he is. If you’re the latter, then you know his accomplishments. He had written at least two books - Life’s Snapshots and The Gamblers - and had written opinion pieces for various papers including the New York Times.
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