On the name question - what percentage of the people that work with you/ask you for things know your name?

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That is such a great question. I would say they know my name because we interact via email and ping. But if they pass me in the hallway, I always know who they are and they don’t know who the hell I am…..they walked past like they’ve never interacted with me before.

Over the years it ranged from 95-100% because I would be confused with another person with the same first name.

I would say that 98% know my name.

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