Many professionals find self-promotion awkward, a feeling the hosts label 'Cringe Mountain.' However, overcoming this discomfort is a necessary career hurdle because no one else will systematically track and advocate for your professional achievements on your behalf.
With HR departments using AI to screen candidates, a 'brag book' serves a new purpose beyond performance reviews. It becomes a critical repository of the quantifiable wins, keywords, and specific accomplishments needed to optimize a resume for automated hiring systems.
During performance reviews, managers tend to disproportionately remember recent events. Maintaining a 'brag book'—a running log of achievements—systematically counters this cognitive bias, ensuring accomplishments from early in the year are given equal weight in bonus and promotion discussions.
The appointment of Kevin Warsh as Fed Chair shifts the focus from purely economic decisions to a fundamental governance question: will the central bank remain independent or take political orders from the president? This represents a potential paradigm shift in the separation of powers.
The widely reported $10M price for a Super Bowl ad slot is only one-third of the true cost. The other two-thirds are spent on production/talent and, crucially, the post-game 'drag factor'—a follow-up marketing campaign to convert initial awareness into actual sales.