My Thoughts

I carry a legal pad with me to every meeting or discussion and make notes each day on things I need to accomplish, projects to alter, start or complete.  Sometimes, I find myself daydreaming in the middle of a meeting and will doodle on the legal pad.  Usually, I write some long ponderance on the back only to find I need to copy it once the last page is used and the cardboard is ready for recycling.  The cardboard doesn't make a very clear copy, so instead, I will write them out............ #1... Striving Always to Improve, All the Barriers I will Move  (approx Nov, 2012) 5 things I'd do right now: Rebuild communities Advocate for students Teach low income to sew, craft, dream Teach Zumba Write a "how to" book I'd make my hair flaming red and study women I admire. I feel my obstacles are my family obligations and my lack of financial support. #2..... Ying / Yang  (approx Mar, 2013) There often are times when my mind comple...

Lately, a few words occupy my mind.................culpability, liability, responsibility, capability, possibility......I think of these words as the "itys".  In no way are they small, however.  Most of the complaints I've had or heard from others in the last few months center on this list of ity words, and I can add integrity to the list before I get much further into my rant. What amounts to integrity for many people actually is deniability.  The coworker who can never get to work on time or who always has an excuse for poor work performance................deniability.  This person wants to deny the bad behavior and often uses a deflecting tool to try to shift the focus away from the lack of integrity.  It's a quite comical charade.............sorta like a tennis match.........poor behavior - excuse - counter measure - deflection.  I have learned over the last couple years that some people will NEVER have a sense of work ethics, never. What then happe...

I have been developing a "Stress and Telecommunicator" class to teach this summer.  All the research so far suggests that stress among coworkers stems from 2 main issues:  work ethics / integrity and personal hygiene / cleanliness.  Many other factors contribute to stress, but most people I've polled make point to issues with coworkers as the biggest stress factors.  I've been mulling this over in my mind for  a few days, and this morning, I kept hearing the expression "make a hand" whisper to me. Growing up, a strong work ethic was one of the major character foundations laid by my parents.  My dad was always busy, and when chores were assigned to the kids, expectations were that the chores would be done.  I remember my dad saying on more than one occassion, "make a hand".  When my siblings and I began to look for jobs, the advice given consistently was to "make a hand".  Because I grew up hearing this and saw it demonstrated in th...