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[fruit-defendu.livejournal.com]

Before going to an expert for advice, check out their students. Meet people they have taught, worked with, or supervised who started from the same place as you. If you’ve figured out that mastering communication skills will help you do more going forward with way less effort, don’t look for people with superb communication skills. Look for the ones who taught them! Find the ones who have turned other people from pocket-protector-wearing stereotypes into suave secret agents who can charm even the most evil supervillain.

Это аллюзия на какой-то шпионский фильм? Что это за pocket-protector-wearing stereotypes?

И в следующем абзаце:

The best experts to help you find better ways of doing things actually change your thinking so you get better even when you’re no longer with the expert. They make new distinctions you hadn’t been aware of. My mild-mannered boss Billy (name changed in case his undercover CIA identity is blown) was that kind of teacher.

Что означает выделенная фраза?

И дальше:

Billy is quiet, unassuming, and a really nice person. From our first group meeting, where I put my foot carefully into my mouth and swallowed it all the way up to the midthigh, he took me under his wing to teach me how to survive in a big organization.

Это такое выражение, описывающее смущение и растерянность?

Comments

[irene221b.livejournal.com]

where I put my foot carefully into my mouth and swallowed it all the way up to the midthigh,

Где я сел в лужу по самый нос, где-то так.

[fruit-defendu.livejournal.com]

Да, прекрасно! Спасибо!

[irene221b.livejournal.com]

name changed in case his undercover CIA identity is blown

Имя изменено, чтобы не разоблачить его, как секретного агента ЦРУ

[type-mismatch.livejournal.com]

1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocket_protector The accessory has become part of a "nerd" or "geek" fashion stereotype, probably because of its association with engineers or students.

Соответственно, от ботаника, который носит это вот в переднем кармане рубашки - к обольстительному суперагенту

[fruit-defendu.livejournal.com]

Теперь ассоциации понятны. Спасибо!

[misha-b.livejournal.com]

> Find the ones who have turned other people from pocket-protector-wearing stereotypes into suave secret agents who can charm even the most evil supervillain.

Которые из ботаника могут сделать Джеймса Бонда, способного уболтать самого страшного злодея. Как-то так.

[pascendi.livejournal.com]

… из ботана. :-)

[fruit-defendu.livejournal.com]

Благодарю!