116. Understanding What You Read and How to Know If You're Performing Well at Work (Q&A)

About this episode

In this episode, Katie Azevedo addresses listener questions about understanding readings and performing well at work.

Send me a message!🤓 You're putting in the work. You're doing the readings. You're showing up. So why does it still feel like you're missing the mark? In this month's Q&A episode, I'm answering two listener questions that are completely different on the surface, but have the same root issue. Question One is from a grad student who's annotating and highlighting every reading but still feels lost in class discussions Question Two is from someone two years into their first corporate job...

People in this episode

Host: Katie Azevedo

Topics covered

• reading comprehension
• work performance
• student struggles
• corporate challenges
• Q&A

Keywords

• reading
• performance
• grad student
• corporate job
• Q&A

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