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Many years ago when I was in a position of authority I had an employee that just wasn’t cutting it. Not only was she not able to keep up with the work but she wasn’t even really trying. She’d been there before I got there and pretty much felt that she was untouchable, no matter [...]
When I was young, I had a pretty quick temper. It didn’t take much to get me mad to the point where I wanted to fight someone. Lucky for me, I had learned one major lesson from my dad; never hit anyone first. So I’d shake and I’d threaten but it rarely got physical unless [...]
“I’m frustrated. I have two master’s degrees and I’m working on my doctorate. I started teaching earning $17,000 a year. I’ve paid my dues.” Skaneateles NY Superintendent Philip D’Angelo on Governor Andrew Cuomo’s proposal to limit the salaries of superintendents across NY state The question of paying one’s dues sometimes comes up, and it can [...]
Over the past couple of days, the northeast has been pounded by a blizzard. We’ve been hearing reports of mainly snowfall between 8 and 12 inches, although a few places have had more than that. As strange as this might seem to the masses, it’s hard for anyone living in my area to have much [...]
I was having an interesting conversation with a friend of mine. She was complaining because the person she works for had one of her other friends send a text message to her while she was out of town about a work issue. It irked her because she said she’d told everyone she was going out [...]
Last week, I worked with someone who was having some difficulties with a decision she had to make. Actually, she didn’t know she had to make a decision until we started talking. Initially she was just venting, but I’m one of those people who believes that, most of the time, once you start venting you [...]
I spend a lot of time on this blog telling people that they need to have trust and faith in themselves if they want to succeed in life. I also tell people that if they believe in themselves then it doesn’t matter what anyone else has to say, just go out and give it a [...]
