But one thing does work, Kennedy had discovered: telling them to stop.
It discovered telling psychological trends in how people want to portray idealized versions of themselves.
Indeed, during my 5 years in the biz I've discovered telling people you're a DJ is like telling them you're a monkey: Some people think it sounds exotic and super-fun; others are pretty sure that you don't bathe and that you eat your own vomit.
Joe Boyd is the Founder and CEO of Rebel Pilgrim, a Cincinnati-based company that helps organizations discover and tell their unique story.
She helps discover and tell the stories of entrepreneurs and small business owners that connect with clients, leaving a lasting impression.
It became evident quickly that for my company to really serve our clients' best interests, the first thing we had to do was help them discover and tell their own story.
For example, an attempt to reconstruct the conditions under which the mechanism of the action potential was discovered may tell us little about the nature of discovery for other neural mechanisms.
Planetary nebulae (so-called because astronomer William Herschel mistakenly thought they looked rather like gas giants such as Uranus, which he also discovered) can tell scientists much about the environment in which they were formed.
"We discovered," he told the press, "that entire families were being turned away.
In his early 20s, his young lover, Alfo, discovered and told Rupert he had HIV.
