Macho Man Asks For Career Advice

Being a success in any operation -- from the Army to the Church to IBM -- means dressing, talking, working and playing the way people think a successful person does in that environment. I
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Today at Ask Bing, I answer a letter from one of my pals. Actually, I don't know the guy. But he could certainly be one of my scotch-swilling, cigar-chomping, joke telling buddies around the table at my now all-too-infrequent poker games. He wants to know if he should take a raise and accept a new job, the caveat being that he would have to work for a woman, and be surrounded by a female version of the Ole Boy's Club. This is not an easy question. Can a person in mid-career profoundly change his act? Take a peek and see.

Beyond that, it only remains to say have a nice weekend... and to get that started, don't read the business news today. What you don't know can't bum you out.
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