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Is getting cooler outside… I’m just about ready for some snow to conclude the winter and move right back into Summer…

Rule #5

If you don’t have anything nice to say don’t say anything at all.

The rule coincides with my post from the other day… Criticism is Dangerous…

Creo que vamos a tener que cambiar el nombre del fin de semana de nuestro iBlog Weekend a uno mas enfocado a los eventos que tenemos organizado. Que creen? Lo dejamos asi o le cambiamos el nombre?

Lo digo por el echo que en verdad no se han echo planes para un coro, un bonche, o un get together de ninguna clase. Cosa que me estraña de verdad. Espero que no sea así y hagan algo…

It would be easy for me to critique whom ever I’d like in this defined space I consider my own. After all, it’s freedom of speach right? However I’ll tend not to do so for the mere fact that I am not here to make anyone feel any less of the individual they consider themselves to be.

Criticism is futile because it puts a person on the defensive and ussually makes him strive to justify himself. Criticism is dangerous, because it wounds a person’s precious pride, hurts his sense of importance, and arousment.

But would I like to speak my mind, ofcourse I would. As a matter of fact, I think there is a distinguished human being inside of every one of us and that is all that matters.

The world is full of people who are grabbing and self seeking. So the rare individual who unselfishly tries to serve others has an enormous advantage. He has little competition.

Today is a good day and I am learning how to keep my fingers crossed more often. Some poeple will be thrilled while others will ask what is wrong with me. I will smile as I always have and carry on about my business… Everyone is on a need to know basis and you no longer need to know any more then what you see plastered on your screen. oooh… it sounds like I’m pissed off… haha…

I didn’t realize how in tune Garfield was with current events…

So I’m enrolled in the Dale Carnegie Proffesional Corporate and Leadership training. It’s always interesting what these speakers talk about. For the most part it’s all the same… generally speaking that is…

The key to success is believing you are already there. Envision yourself in a whatever or where ever you want to be and sooner or later you will be there.

As for me, (I chuckle when I think about it), all I can say is that there is some truth to it but it’s not all about envisioning yourself there. There is a lot of time and effort needed to get there… duh…

The amount of money you pay for motivational speakers is ridiculous. Sometimes I’m better off having my father’s voice repeating smart ass comments in the back of my head… haha… I guess that could be my subconscious playing games with me.

So how do ethics, morals, principals and politics cause confusion?

When you know someone is getting screwed by someone else, is it your job to tell them that they are about to get screwed or do you look the other way?

Being a supervisor has it’s perks but when it comes to personnel issues it’s a bit demoralizing knowing that I have to deal with them. This guy doesn’t like that guy so they want to gang up on him so that they get a record of the poor work performance is my favorite.

I try not to write poor work performances or what my company calls a Disciplinary Coaching Session. Haha… just thinking about it cracks me up but it’s true… I develop people. One of the tools we are asked to use is called a Coaching Session. For the mechanics and electricians in the maintenance department it’s not as easy. Everyone has a different learning curve. Some people get it, other people don’t and other people just take a long time to understand how to do things. Particularly when they are working with their hands.

When I meet someone I always look at their hands. I look for dirty finger nails which indicates that the person either forgot to wash their hands or that they don’t mind getting their hands dirty. It can also tell me if they deal with paper, computers, or any type of craftsmen tools… Cuts, scratches, marks, bruises etc… that tells me how often they put themselves at risk of getting cut. If your a guy and you paint your nails, good lord you have a lot of time on your hands and I’m sure you don’t like to pick up a hammer never the less change the oil on your car.

So what would you do? You have a hard worker that doesn’t care much about his appearance and is always bending backwards for the company. They come in clean as a whistle and by the time they leave they are full of grease, oil, dirt and glass. How do you reward them? The company pays well but when you are busting your ass for a few dollars and you have a supervisor critiquing the amount of time you take to complete a job or the amount of time taken into details, how do you deal with those issues?

There isn’t much that a supervisor can do to protect his employees if other managers are looking to “write” them up… But when the opportunity arises to inform them that they should look out and pay more attention to the work that they do, I have decided to do just that. It’s more of a moral decision then anything else. The principal of protecting those that are more vulnerable then others.

You can look at it as two parents struggling to raise their child. Mom says no, meanwhile Dad knows you mean well… you do what you are going to do and mom has a fit… Mom and Dad discuss what to do about the situation. Dad decides to coach you and prevent the same situation from happening again. That is the principal. Now you have to deal with the politics…

iBlog Weekend – Republica Dominicana – Muy interesante lo que viene por ahí. Espero que todo salga bien y que los eventos que estamos organizando se nos den. Hace mucho tiempo que no se hacia algo así con fundaciones como la Casa Rosada.

iBlog Weekend – New York Simplemente para ver como podemos integrar a los bloggers de NY en esta actividad de las fundaciones. Si por lo menos logro organizar 1 maleta de ropa y dejarla en una de las fundaciones, eso seria un triunfo para mí.

Pero nah… todavia faltan actividades de organizar. Mientras este en el pais quiero pasar medio dia en el Rio de Las Guasaras, bailar un poco, quizas pasar medio dia por la playa… etc… etc…

Not that he doesn’t beleive Bin Laden, but Mos Def doesn’t believe that Bin Laden had anything to do with 9/11… mighty interesting… but I still think that the documentary Loose Change was a bit more convincing then Mos Def on Bill Maher.

Frito Lay en República Dominicana…

disfrute del viaje… aunque no me pude comunicar con ustedes los bloggers por falta del celular y una computadora… Pero nah… haré otro viaje al fin del mes simplemente para reunirme con ustedes… Sería para el 28, 29 y 30 de Septiembre…

Si desean comunicarse con migo lo pueden hacer por el enlace or llamando al publicista Joan Guerrero / tel: 809 867 0957

No more vacation time, no more sick time… my boss is bugging out… I’m out for 12 days and Murphy’s Law takes effect once again…

A machine burns down due to a welding job gone bad… the RO system fails due to a bad chemical pump and no one knows how to fix it… an electrician fails to wire and install a new section of bottle conveyor, all of which was prepared prior to my vacation… anyway… the list goes on and on…