• Career Lessons from House of Cards

    I, like many, many other twenty-somethings, love House of Cards. The show is genius, both in its delivery and in its content, including the dialogue. Here are my favorite lines, interpreted as career advice, especially for the PR girl. “Even Achilles was only as strong as his heel.” This is so simple it’s astounding. Maybe you’re writing skills are not quite as good as you’d like them to be. Work on it! Seeing no results for all your pitching efforts? Improve them! Don’t let something you can easily work to improve bring you down.