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Judey Kalchik
Bio
It's my time to find and use my voice.
Poetry, short stories, memories, and a lot of things I think and wish I'd known a long time ago.
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Stories (361/0)
My Father Taught Me About Being a Girl. Content Warning.
I loved and feared my father in equal measure. As a young adult I thought that meant that I was a bad daughter. Over the past twenty years or so I've come to understand that I was reacting to the many sides of my father.
By Judey Kalchik about a year ago in Men
Beware the 'Bottom Up' Sales Pitch
Have you heard of ‘bottom up selling’? It’s when a sales person suggests the least expensive option to a customer first. Not the item with all the bells and whistles. Not the item that solves all of the needs for the customer.
By Judey Kalchik about a year ago in Journal
Layoff Season is SIX MONTHS Away!
Did you know that more people quit their jobs during the month of August than any other time of the year? On average 3.5 MILLION people quit their jobs every August. FORGET ‘quiet quitting’- these folks just leave. Perhaps for a new position, maybe to be a solopreneur, but that is a LOT of job movement.
By Judey Kalchik about a year ago in Journal
Hawthorne Saves the Day
Justin reluctantly placed the carefully-packed lunch bag, perky in its bright blue and deep red trim, into the giant department refrigerator. As he did he wistfully wondered if today was the day he'd get to eat the lunch that Janelle had lovingly packed for him. Roast turkey- none of that tofu stuff this was the real deal- homemade baguette, creamy Havarti. And that orange-raspberry scone with the too-thick but somehow just right icing!
By Judey Kalchik about a year ago in Fiction
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