Whipper Snapper: Doing the Right Thing When it Matters

By PDW, on August 15th, 2010%

Do the Right Thing by Almargado

Snapper was a senior executive who worked for a company I did business with for a few years. Whipper Snapper had been groomed since he was out of college for higher things in the organization he works for. He started out as a professional but as time went on was . . . → Read More: Whipper Snapper: Doing the Right Thing When it Matters

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The Chameleon: Reconciling the Ego and the Soul

By PDW, on August 10th, 2010%

The Ego by Amodiovalerio Verde

Have you worked with anyone who is two-faced? By that I mean pretends to agree with your point of view but yet, behind your back, sides with the opposing point of view?

Have you worked with anyone who seems to be so rational, so clinical, and devoid of having any empathy . . . → Read More: The Chameleon: Reconciling the Ego and the Soul

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California Girl: Learning to be Humble

By PDW, on August 4th, 2010%

Humility is one of those concepts that goes with the core values of niceness, kindness, personal decency, civility, and respect; values which are shared by ordinary people in cultures all over the world. It entails having the strength of character to submit to the underlying yin of existence that forms part of our soul and the . . . → Read More: California Girl: Learning to be Humble

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Get That Dirt Off Your Shoulder

By PDW, on August 2nd, 2010%

During a speech he was giving during the 2008 US Presidential Campaign, Barack Obama’s metaphorically brushed off his shoulders the criticisms he perceived he was encountering. Those actions and mannerisms exemplify rightly or wrongly his attitude to the criticisms that he encountered.

You may agree with his politics or you may not. You may also feel . . . → Read More: Get That Dirt Off Your Shoulder

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Let it go — How to Let it go

By PDW, on July 27th, 2010%

Why am I hurt?

I once worked with a lady whom I will call Polly. She did something to me that really hurt. In addition, when I pointed it out to her she refused to apologize. She felt she was justified.

I became even more hurt and angrier. And no matter how much I tried, I could not . . . → Read More: Let it go — How to Let it go

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