November 3, 2009Poison Phrase: You have a few feminine traits. That is okay. Most men do.

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The host of a teleseminar I guest-presented for shared a story about a performance review she had many years ago several years into her career as a manager. Her reviewer listed her strengths and concluded by observing,

- You have a few feminine traits. That’s okay. Most men do.

Of course she was taken aback, so the reviewer mentioned that for a moment he had forgotten she was a woman.

You can read more about it here.

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