I started this blog almost a year ago when I realized blogging was cheaper than therapy, and also more fun – since it allowed me to humorously capture some of the …um… interesting experiences… of my then-day job, plus other things I learned from life, most often the hard way.
I changed employers; now life is good. But the reality is good managers are few and far between, and like Elvis, bad managers are everywhere. These days several in particular are running amuck in and around the Mid-Atlantic states.
Some quotes which helped me through those dark days, and may also help you:
“War is a game that is played with a smile. If you can’t smile, grin. If you can’t grin, keep out of the way till you can.” – Winston Churchill
“Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.” – Mark Twain
“Everyone has his day and some days last longer than others.” – Winston Churchill
“It’s not the fall that kills you, it’s the sudden stop at the end.” – Douglas Adams
“I was seldom able to see an opportunity until it had ceased to be one.” – Mark Twain
“Although personally I am quite content with existing explosives, I feel we must not stand in the path of improvement.” – Winston Churchill
“If A = success, then the formula is: A = X + Y + Z, X = work. Y = play. Z= keep your mouth shut.” – Albert Einstein
“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.” – Napoleon Bonaparte
“When going through hell, keep going.” – Winston Churchill
“Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.” – Abraham Lincoln
“I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
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