Dear Prudence: I’m Sick of Hearing My Friend Cry About Her Job. Help!
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🗓️ 8 November 2024
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| 0:00.0 | What makes a hero? Fearlessness in the face of danger? |
| 0:04.0 | Hair that's perfect after flying through a burning building? |
| 0:07.0 | Colorful tights? |
| 0:09.0 | Or is it making everything possible, working tirelessly to make the financial year end? |
| 0:14.0 | No thought for anything but the success of your clients. |
| 0:18.0 | Yes! The hero is you, accountants and bookkeepers everywhere. And QuickBooks |
| 0:24.2 | Accounting Software is here to support you. Into It QuickBooks for the hero behind the heroes. |
| 0:35.9 | Welcome to Dear Prudence. I'm your guest Prudence, Kristen Mineser. I host a couple of other podcasts, |
| 0:41.3 | including Buy the Book and How to Be Fine. Be sure to check those out if you love self-help books, |
| 0:46.4 | hate self-help books, or want advice on how to be okay-ish rather than perfect. Today, we will |
| 0:52.9 | be answering your relationship questions. When is it the |
| 0:56.2 | right time to start dating in a new city? What's the best way to tell your boyfriend that you'd |
| 1:00.5 | prefer a lone time when you're sick? And how do you let your friend know you're tired of listening |
| 1:06.0 | to them complain about their job? Here to help me out is John Collin Hill, the host of Vox's Explain It to |
| 1:13.3 | me. JQ's expansive media career has also included creating and hosting WAMUs through the Cracks |
| 1:20.7 | podcast and serving as senior producer at Vox, WAMU, and NPR's 1A. JQ, welcome back to the show. We're so pumped to have you here. |
| 1:31.8 | Hello, I'm happy to be here. I cannot wait to answer some questions. Oh my gosh. And the listeners |
| 1:38.1 | cannot wait to hear your answers because you are so smart, you are so insightful. And you're going to |
| 1:43.8 | give the best advice today. |
| 1:45.5 | Oh, thank you. |
| 1:46.9 | Now, before we get started, I would like to ask you a question that we ask all of our guests. |
| 1:53.4 | What is one piece of unsolicited advice you would give to the world unprompted? |
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