Eating Away at My Brain A few days back, I passed a clearly distressed man who was teetering on a corner who appeared to be foaming at the mouth He as also screaming obscenities and somewhat (feebly) swinging at people. Thus, it was very hard to try […]
A Case for Employee Poaching When I left my government job many, many years ago I didn’t look back for a second. I remained friends with about five people who were not as crazy as the rest of the group. That government office was an even more […]
The Comfort of Animals on a Blue Monday It has been three years since my beautiful doggie Milo has left this realm. Every time I see a smooshed-face dog, I am reminded of him and I’m tempted to run up to the dog and hug him till […]
Testing Myself The last three weeks have been a real test of the confidence I have in myself. I know I am good at what I do. I know I am smart, funny, have integrity, and am quite modest. However, when you do a change in environment […]
A purposefully broken hourglass and a fractured mirror Many years ago, I watched a movie called Back to the Future, Part II that supposedly took place in the year 2015 predicting things like flying cars and portable fusion power. Sadly, we are not there yet. As […]
Fear and Loathing in San Francisco Let me get two things out of the way right away. I am a die-hard New Yorker and this is my second time moving to the San Francisco Bay area. When I lived out here over ten years ago, I had […]
Walking the extra hill in San Francisco I like efficient shortcuts as a general rule of thumb. I think most people could agree with such a statement and point of view. “Work smarter” is the hot mantra these days in the workforce circles that is repeated […]
How Rude: Why are you Calling Me? The phone, as some of us knew it, is dead. Even my 70-year old aunt nowadays messages me through Facebook. On the rare occasion that I call a certain friend, with his full knowledge that I would be momentarily calling, answers […]
Flying high on the wings of confidence and anticipation This week that is coming on the heels of valentine’s day, is a grand one for me. I’m starting a new position that will be extremely challenging but for which I have been essentially preparing for the last few […]
The psychology of writing about the workplace: The Premio Dardos Award When I first started this blog a couple of years ago, I did so somewhat on a dare for work. I wrote a few posts here and there and all of a sudden I started […]
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