It’s just in my nature to want to win. So much so, I sometimes pay a higher price than I should to assure that I maintain my place at the top. But hey, that’s just what you have to do. I mean, that’s what you’re supposed to do, right? It is in fact the reason we are “successful”, the reason athletes get paid the “big bucks”, and the very reason I am typing this email for the company I work for…….because I had the winning resume. Or is it? [Read more…] about Losing is Winning
Archives for November 2010
The Swiss Army Knife
At CablesAndKits.Com, the new generation of employee is constantly being groomed and smelted (that is an odd combo) into a durable and versatile being. Back in the day when I first started, I was sent through a pilot training program (not to be read as being trained to fly a plane, although you never know around here) that included a 360 degree view of everyone’s job. [Read more…] about The Swiss Army Knife
Halloween Haunts and Horrors
Muuuaaaaahhhhh… (picture of our illustrious leader grinning madly and wringing his hands while one wonders what mischief he’s been up to)….
I saunter into the office Halloween morning feeling like a million bucks. I mean, how else would I feel all gussied up like Marilyn Monroe? As I enter the office I duck, narrowly avoiding being singed by a light saber. Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker are battling it out to the death right here in Buford, GA. I mean, who let those yahoos in? What’s a blond to do to protect her hairdo? (My wig could have gone up in flames!) As I stand there, heart racing at having just missed my early demise, I’m grabbed and carted off by a big, hairy and very smelly Wookie. This is not how I had envisioned my day beginning. [Read more…] about Halloween Haunts and Horrors