He was introduced to us as “Charley, an old-time key logger,” an introduction that seem to both amuse and annoy him. “Thanks, I guess, Carol, Did you really have to put in the “old-time” bit? These folks can see I’m old just by looking at me.” “Oh, sorry Charley,” Carol from HR laughed, blushing a […]
Some life lessons we are meant to learn. . . over. . . and over again. Not long ago I wrote about patience. I quoted a one-time client, who didn’t take well to my advice to “Be Patient.” “Patient?! Alan, the world was not built by patient men!” I went on to note that high […]
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This post will send in the wee hours o’ New Year’s Eve 2024. Here, in the good ole US of A, New Year’s Eve is amateur alcoholics night, when teetotalers, and even those with a serious drinking problem, know to leave the roads to those idiots who binge drink once a year, loud-singing the Robert […]
It is the Winter Solstice. In the cold we huddle around the fire, joined in our communities. At the dark time of year, when the days are short, we celebrate the light. During this time I often imagine ancient peoples in their shelters, with a roof smoke hole above the fire, bringing evergreen boughs inside, […]
It has been almost one year since I published Traveling the Consulting Road: Career Wisdom for New Consultants, Candidates, and Their Mentors. This year has been gratifying and humbling. It has been gratifying because a significant number of people have bought the book. Amazon data shows that my book sold more copies than 90% of […]
“People say I should have known. Maybe. There was that thing at the holiday party, but he was really drunk. The girl was drunk too, by the way. And anyway everybody agreed to drop it and she got another job soon after, so everything worked out. “He was such a sick programmer, I mean, really […]
The young one had a map of sorts, mostly a list of turns drawn on birchbark – arrow left at the big oak, right after the log bridge, and so on. The path was long for one so young, winding through a deep hardwood forest, crossing a rushing stream on a fallen log, then climbing […]
It is almost Thanksgiving. At our house we all sit around the turkey, for those who partake, and four-cheese mac-n-cheese for those who don’t, and say one thing we are each genuinely grateful for. Saying just one thing often precludes career stuff, I mean it doesn’t really stand up to health, and the love of […]
Disaster! Off and on all day yesterday, I puzzled over what to write this week. Some weeks the words flow like a fast stream onto the screen. Then there are those other times, when Billie says, “You know, none of your subscribers will show up at the door if you miss a week.” R–E–T–I–R–E–D? Isn’t […]
