At my company, the executive team is trying to boast that the company promotes “Open and timely communication”. However, their is a downfall in their support of this. 1. If you going to say “and”, do “and”. The word “and” is a tricky one. Especially with value statements like this one. The word implies that…

This week, I’ve been feeling drained. With some reflection and thought, I think I have an idea why. The amount of things I’m doing that drain energy from me don’t equal the amount of things that rejuvenate me. Everyday I’m loosing energy. It’s bad accounting! Rejuvenate >= Drain! It has me thinking, what drains me…

Reading all these comments on Fox canceling the OC, for some reason I’m always reminded of some office humour Buying a stronger whip. Changing riders. Say things like, “This is the way we have always ridden this horse.” Appointing a committee to study the horse. Arranging to visit other sites to see how they ride…

I’ve been doing work around a personal aversion to the phrase “have to”. When I hear it, and especially when said to me, I always react “I don’t have to do anything”. I don’t think anyone “has to” do anything. I say let’s use more descriptive “need to”, “should”, “obligated”, “would like to”. All of…

Wrote an interesting little piece in creative class the other day. It was a moment when you hear the characters voice crisply, and it’s more dictation. Especially this, which was an odd mix of slang. Wasn’t sure what I was writing until I looked it over again. The telephone rang. I looked at the call…