Worthy Opponent

Yeah, you want the guy, the raise and the great apartment, but
you take a more calculated, amicable approach, and it winds up
working in your favor (e.g., showing just the right amount of
enthusiasm for a weekend work project or using sugar lips to
get a friend's great real estate agent). "You have a healthy sense
of competitiveness and know how to go after what you want
without alienating everyone," says Lois Frankel, Ph.D., author of
Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office. "If you see your
peers being promoted at work, you're not going to find ways to
undermine them or walk off the job because you feel
undervalued. You'll take a step back, ask yourself, 'What do I
need to do to advance?' and devise a strategy."


Another go-getter trait: "You're not threatened when friends
shine, whether it's looking great or having a new car," says
Susan Shapiro Barash, author of Tripping the Prom Queen:
The Truth About Women and Rivalry. "Rather, you use their
victories as fuel to enrich your own life." With your enviable
confidence, no wonder you look like you have everything you
want...and usually get it.

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i did this quiz in the Cosmopolitan website and that was what i found out about my competitive level...there are lots more quiz there which i'll do when i have the time.

last night was bad. i hardly sleep cause of the pain in my throat. at 5am i woke up and felt like vormitting all the phleghm out, but of course could not as all were stuck to the throat. bad feelings, i tell you. then somehow during the struggle to get it out, i affected my ear. so now it's blocked.

so this morning, i relented. I went to the doc. he gave ear drop too to clear out the blockage. the weird thing is that he did not give me any antibiotics, which i thought i would need it since i can somehow feel that every part of my body is inflammed. But who is the doc here right? so i drank all my medicines already, and feel a tad better. i think i'll be stuck at home for the next few days, with my medicine, my notes, my blanket, my bolster and myself. how anti-social can i be!!!

go away flu bug!

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