I had no intentions of getting up at 2:00 a.m. today, but the thunderstorm and my scared dog had other plans. Once the storm passed and my dog was sound asleep, I was still wide awake with my mind racing over several subjects. In that situation, I've found that it's just best to go ahead …
Tag: Work Ethic
Leap Year Lesson #260: Work Will Go On Without You
Throughout the past 9+ years with my current employer, I have rarely taken a real vacation - one in the sense of getting away from it all for any extended period. I almost always end up giving in to the temptation to check email and voice mail and have frequently spent up to half of …
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Leap Year Lesson #188: Nothing Beats Deep Personal Satisfaction
A very simple thing happened at work today. Without going into details, suffice it to say that to many it would seem anything but remarkable - good, but hardly anything to write home about. Yet, for me, it was the culmination of a wish and effort in a major area of responsibility for me for …
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Leap Year Lesson #181: Work When Others Don’t
Since this is a holiday week in the U.S. with Independence Day on Wednesday, there is a noticeable slowdown in the number of meetings on my calendar for the week. That's always a welcome change from the norm of way too many meetings. The same thing happens to the extreme for the week in between …
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Leap Year Lesson #174: It’s Good To Be Held Accountable
I had to take a quiz today to wrap up a series of training sessions on community management. It was fairly easy and painless, but still not without some stress. The quiz covered the content of the last five course sessions, so I spent time reviewing the content of those sessions prior to the quiz. …
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