8THIRTYFOUR Survival Skills Archives

May 3, 2026

People are the hardest part of what we do.

Soft Skills, Survival Skills
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Kim Bode
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Fast Company asked twenty leaders when they recommend executive coaching, and my answer was to the point, cause it’s how I roll. Honestly? When I don’t know how to help. Getting an outside perspective, along with strategies to navigate the things they are struggling with, is not something you can provide as a manager when you […]

Kim Bode points to a scene from the video game Oregon Trail that reads, "You have died from dysentery."

April 21, 2026

Get in loser we’re going to die of dysentery

Small Business, Soft Skills, Survival Skills
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Kim Bode
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Remember Home Ec? I do. One hour of my day in high school where we learned the names of utensils, the difference between a teaspoon and tablespoon, and how to cook meat that wouldn’t kill us. It went the way of The Oregon Trail, replaced by digital whiteboards and iPads that took the solving out […]