Ramona
The Land of BS
Last weekend, I found myself using skills I learned in the workplace negotiating a sales agreement for a new sectional sofa and an ottoman. After a period of making a selection and choosing several different options for our new furniture, it was finally time to focus on the dirty details. Cost. Everyone seems to get [...]
Learning From Other’s Mistakes
With the economy in the toilet, many folks have gotten a cruel wake up call. Those workers who survived on luxuries such as overtime, bonuses, and generous merit increases are now struggling to pay their car notes, mortgages, and other numerous bills. What I can’t understand is why people feel that they can determine what [...]
Selective Influence
I often say to my husband, friends, and professional colleagues that one of my goals in life is to surround myself with people I want to be more like. As a lifetime learner, I find that this applies to both professional and social settings. If you surround yourself with people you can learn from, you [...]
Faking It
No, this isn’t what you think I’m talking about so get your mind out of the gutter. Today on CNN, there was a great video clip about faking job happiness in this economy. There’s a lot to be taken from this video clip, as it truly is deeper than its seemingly obvious message. I always [...]
Just Showing Up
I can’t understand for the life of me why there are still people in this economy who show up to work whenever they feel like it. Woody Allen once said that 80% of success is showing up. This is something I whole heartedly agree with, but I would make a small modification. Eighty percent of [...]
Union Reparations
Vice-President, Joe Biden was quoted yesterday as saying on CNBC, “I do believe–and I make no apologies for it–that over the last 100 years the middle class was built on the back of organized labor. Without their weight, heft and their insistence starting in the early 1900s we wouldn’t have the middle class we have [...]
A Case of the Mondays
It wouldn’t be Monday without a series of disappointments. I was contacted by Built NY about the Extra Relish Lunch Tote, the finalist from my lunch carrier quest. It’s apparently not available and they are expecting to get them in over the next few weeks. She advised me to “check back” in a few weeks. [...]
Eating Well at Work
Who ever knew that buying a re-usable lunch box or tote would take so much time, energy and research. I have spent the past week searching for the perfect item to take my lunch to work. Well, I should correct that, it is really a meal carrier. I am on a “clean” eating plan (following [...]
Geeking Out Over iPhone OS 3.0
In just a few short days, Apple will preview its new iPhone 3.0 software. While I truly am awaiting the actually next generation iPhone, I am hopeful that the new software release addresses some of the current features that the iPhone lacks and every other mobile phone seems to have. Don’t get me wrong, this [...]
Worst Case Scenario – Impending Layoffs
I’m one of those people who has never tried drugs or had any interest in trying drugs (boring, I know), but one of my quips when people criticize me for my lack of curiosity and experimentation, is that I am always confident that if I were offered the opportunity of a lifetime, I would not [...]
