There are people who drive you absolutely bonkers (I feel your pain), and make you lose your cool at work. They don’t “do the work” and expect other people to cover for them, they’re constantly running their mouths all day instead of actually doing their work, they play their music through speakers instead of ear […]
You might think shaving off a little extra work here and there will make your life easier, but cutting corners to take shortcuts usually ends up costing you more time and money in the long run. Your clients always notice it, too. Think about the phrase Cutting Corners literally Consider the practice of cutting corners […]
You’re probably familiar with the idiom “like a deer in headlights”, a phrase used to describe someone who is paralyzed by surprise or fear. Just like actual deer that tend to freeze in place when illuminated by the lights of an oncoming vehicle, people are dumbstruck in a similar way when surprised by unexpected news, […]
For reason my ears have been assaulted recently by people using the wrong words in their conversations. Mark Twain said it best: The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter — it’s the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning. My wife and I started noticing […]
UGH. Frickin’ cry babies. You know who I’m talking about — people who rather whine about a problem than work on it to get it resolved. Is there anything more annoying? I’ve witnessed people whine for days (DAYS!) about a problem they could have fixed in five minutes. Thankfully, I don’t understand the logic. I’m […]
Stop talking. When you don’t know what to say — just say nothing. When you run out of things to say or have reached an impasse in the negotiations, nothing says you have to keep talking. In these times where personal philosophies and political beliefs have seemed to divide even those closest of friends and […]
Like you, I’ve witnessed videos and news coverage and riots/demonstrations on social media and in my city. This stuff is scary and depressing and emotionally draining. This post was originally over 1,600 words and was mostly me trying to work through my own thoughts and emotions on the subject. Some people share thoughts in social […]