Work from Home Mindset

COVID-19 continues its march across the globe. Every company that can conduct business from remote locations is doing so. People are having different reactions to the new work environment Things Will Change It’s a shame that it took a global pandemic, but this will be...

Crisis Observations

This is one whacky situation we find ourselves in, isn’t it? Most of us have never been in a situation like this before, so it’s understandable that some of us don’t know how to act. But there are some disturbing things going on. Yes, I’m...

The Joy of Sleep

Last time, I wrote about how America still glorifies workaholism, to the point that the workaholics are the only ones who do much advancing up the corporate ladder. So where do people find the time to work 80-hour workweeks? A lot of them do it by cutting back on...

Work till Death

Some years back, I had a good friend who worked on another team within my department. We did a team-building exercise that included the Myers-Briggs personality test. I had taken the test once before, about 10 years prior. If anything, I had become a stronger ISTJ...

Coronavirus – Pandering, Panicking and Protecting

Like everyone else, I’ve been watching the spread, reaction, and plans around the coronavirus. I have some thoughts, which managed somehow to come together as the 3 Ps. First, some background on me. I appear to have an immune system made of cast iron. My wife gets a...

The Daylight Saving Time Thingy

I’ve written several times about how much I hate Daylight Saving Time. Today I want to discuss it with less than my usual hysteria and just offer some practical words. (Side rant: Those of you who feel Donald Trump is the worst, most dangerous President in US history...