Thursday Thought

It is hard to change someone's mind who, after you've presented to them an indisputable array of contrary evidence, says to you, "You're just trying to change my mind." 

How To Succeed

 A common failing of management is to mistake efficiency for redundancy.  If a job is going well, management's first instinct is to assume that those doing the job are unnecessary and expendable.

The sad reality is that the more quietly efficient you are at your job, the more vulnerable you become at the next downsizing. Better to be seen as a problem solver, even if you must cause the problem in the first place.

Mid-Week Musings

 "I don't claim to know everything, but based on my observations of people who do know everything, or claim to, it's not one of the secrets to success anyway."

"If there is no afterlife, then what is life but a rigorous course of study that offers no degree."

"There are personal secrets I am very reluctant to reveal.  There would have to be an awkward silence at a cocktail party or a stranger sitting next to me in tourist class."

Sunday Thoughts

Just because you support an injustice doesn't mean you will one day become a victim of it yourself, but that would be the opening line in Las Vegas.

We are all biased when it comes to judging ourselves, although it is questionable whether this actually favors the defense.

It is always just one thing.  When it goes right, it seems that everything is going right.  When it goes wrong, it seems that everything is going wrong.  But it is always just one thing.  The rest of the "everything" is inconsequential.

Tuesday Tickler

"One of the hardest things to do when you have no explanation is to keep it short." 

Perspective

"To the cynic, it is risking betrayal, disappointment and ingratitude.  To the person of belief, it is ... 

This Happiness Thing

The greatest obstacle to joy is a fully paid-up joylessness.

You can look ahead to happiness, or you can look back on it, but it's so hard to notice it to your left or right. 

We fancy that we would be happier in some far away place, as if you could catch a plane to a state of mind.

The key to happiness is pretty much the same as the key to worry and anxiety -- you must learn to make a big deal out of nothing.