by mfg | Apr 2, 2011 | Work, Working Professional.
What if critical thinking is the root of our problems? One take, explained to me yesterday, is that critical thinking is like martial arts. We only know how to attack and to defend against thoughts. We’ve been trained as black belts in this way – always...
by mfg | Mar 31, 2011 | Life, Work, Working Professional.
Yesterday, my horoscope told me that I was going to once again make changes to something. I was up until midnight fiddling around and importing my Posterous (previously unseen) into this blog. With each version, each template change. I feel like I’m getting...
by mfg | Feb 24, 2011 | Skillz (not) on LinkedIn, Working Professional.
My first job at 15 1/2 years old was as a grocery bagger at the Jewel. (If you’re from Chicago, you know that the always precedes the word Jewel). The Jewel was our local, big chain grocery store, and apparently, the only place that hired 15 1/2 year olds. ...
by mfg | Feb 15, 2011 | Work, Working Professional.
A good friend from my M.A. program shared this with me & it says more than I ever could. Two years ago, I took the Foreign Service exam and passed. I went to Washington for the interview. The city was beautiful in May, and the Canadian was shocked that it...
by mfg | Feb 10, 2011 | Work, Working Professional.
I saw an advertisement during the Superbowl for the movie Cowboys vs. Aliens. It’s not a movie that’s really up my alley, but the mental connection that I had made me laugh. The Foundation vs. The Wamulians. When we first moved back to the U.S. from our...
by mfg | Feb 7, 2011 | Work, Working Professional.
Hands down. Best office-going-away-present ever. The gift giver knows who she is. And I said, I don’t care if they lay me off either, because I told, I told Bill that if they move my desk one more time, then, then I’m, I’m quitting, I’m going...
