(originally published April 11th, 2006) Yesterday I was talking to another consultant about something we’d gone back and forth with for about two weeks. I asked him if he’d called the party that I said he should call to verify the information before I did what he was asking me to do, fully knowing that […]
(originally published March 14th, 2006) Last Friday, I got home from a consulting assignment, only to learn from a phone message that the father of one of my good friend’s had passed away. This friend is a few years younger than me, but the lives our fathers lead, and parts of the lives we each […]
(originally published March 21st, 2005) For some reason, the topic of managers who want to tell you every single thing you’re supposed to be doing throughout the day, including standing over you while you try to do it, seems to be popping up all over the place. Ahmed Amir via Compfight I wrote my very […]
(originally publisehd March 18, 2005) There’s a funny thing about time; it’s the only thing in life that you can never get more of. Once you take a breath, you can’t go back in time and get another one; each breath is unique. Once you blink, you can’t go back and capture that blink; each […]
(originally published March 17th, 2005) I was talking to a supervisor today who told me that she almost walked out of her place of employment yesterday because she was really frustrated and upset. She said that the manager kept giving her more and more things to do during the day, and was snapping at her […]
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