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Don’t let someone else decide your value

In one of my first jobs, decades ago, when I was in my early twenties, I witnessed a flaming row between my then-boss and a writer he was in the midst of firing.

Not one to mince words, he basically told her she was a lousy writer.

My theory, with the benefit of hindsight and several decades of working experience under my belt since then, is that he was so used to doing things his own way, and…