Comment by Mark Horstman on his recent podcast regd managing a massive workload increase
We don’t see the world as it is, we see it as we are
I believe this a famous quote.. don’t know who the original author is. But wanted to note, since it is a pretty deep :).
I highly recommend Mark and his partner Mike’s podcast “Manager Tools” and “Career Tools” to every professional. Well worth the time.
I was interviewing a candidate for a job opening at my work. I asked him how he motivates his team and he made this comment about how you truly measure if you can motivate a person
Think of a 16 year old working part time at a retailer. She is just working to earn money to buy some lipstick or perfume. Think how you can motivate her to work on a thanksgiving weekend!!
Good article regd. communications (verbal and email) on NY Times at http://boss.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/06/are-your-messages-being-heard/ . I esp liked the comment about keeping messages short and smiling. We spend some much time at work (and most of that on email) in the modern work place. And I think these two things will make your colleagues appreciate you a lot more :).
I came across this interesting article on a MSDN blog about why each drive has its own current directory and in addition to learning something new (that you can use cd /d option to change directories between drives) I saw this super funny response from one of the users to a spam comment :)..
One of my friend’s IM status message
It’s better to lose your Ego to the one you Love, than to lose the one you LOVE because of EGO
Comment from a lady coming out of a portable toilet, during the Northface Endurance Challenge Half Marathon this weekend
You know, it is cold, when you don’t want to come out of the porta-potti!!
It was 36 degrees!! 🙂
Ran across this post on the BBC (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8202378.stm) regarding a 90 year old Nairobian man who recently expired. He decided to get himself educated and enrolled in school at the age of 85. Next time, you think it is too late to start something, reconsider it 🙂
You have to be an immigrant to the USA, to understand this :).
My friend, Hareesh, sent this posting on an online forum related to immigration matters
I am so HAPPY today. My lawyer told me that my daughter can sponsor both me and my wife once she is 18. She is only 3 now, so thats 15 years away only. It would have taken 20+ years with my EB2-based case (PD May 2008). I am so HAPPY today.
Comment by my friend, Rich, on expesive stores
Whole Foods = Whole Paycheck
Neiman Marcus = Needless Markup
🙂
Comment by a colleague about progress
Somebody told me once that getting it right the first time is accident, second time is coincidence and the third time is consistence.
