The Professional Confessional – Sharing Our Collection of Professional Stumbles to Help Deepen Our Compassion and Elevate Our Growth.

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A book PR stunt fell flat, author was furious, now I promise nothing, but effort to PR clients.…

The other day I shared what I thought was relevant creative work in a chemistry meeting for a…

I worked for a creative director at an ad agency. I wrote some ad copy and showed it…

For much of my career, I struggled with self-doubt, often questioning whether I was truly good enough. My…

Once, while working as a marketing associate for a firm whose name we do not speak, I lost…

TO ERR IS HUMAN,TO FORGIVE IS DIVINE.THIS CONFESSION SEEKS YOUR COMPASSION… I was working abroad, having transferred from…

TO ERR IS HUMAN,TO FORGIVE IS DIVINE.THIS CONFESSION SEEKS YOUR COMPASSION… I don’t know what poltergeist possessed me…

This is a safe space to share professional missteps—because we learn from what went wrong as much as…