Helen Plus Three

Is it possible to get away from it ? How does one stay out of it ? If you have good management and leadership it helps and if not then it becomes every man for himself and having allies will mean squat! I realized long ago that it's a waste of energy and yet it's difficult to avoid if you are embedded in the social fabric of the company. Remaining neutral is difficult when you know you will get drawn into it by consequences. Best advice is Aim to get along with as many of your colleagues, forget the barriers of rank, division and language preference even (I'm not kidding); if you can speak Singlish, it's not impossible. Keep your nose clean and work at your task.

Lisa Earle Mcleod writes a book that makes a lot of common sense.  While we have always been thought to tolerate and compromise in relationships to keep the peace so to speak, she has added an interesting perspective which is not compromise but to listen and take in the opposing view and combine it with yours and output a result that is far superior from the original thoughts. It  keeps the peace of the situation, with the other party and within ourselves too. What it leaves is no baggage, no residual resentments and no bad blood. It opens new thought trends and moves one out of the box where new opportunities abound. So life doesn't have to be complicated, we just allow it to get that way and wallow in it. The solutions and alternatives are there, we need to avail ourselves of them. It's about changing your immediate response in a conflict situation.  Hard!.  Our usual communication and work process itself takes tweaking.  In our fast track lives, slowin...

Lord, if what I seek be according to our will, then let it come to pass and let success attend the outcome. But if not, my God, let it not come to pass. Do not leave me to my own devices, for you know how unwise I can be. Keep me safe under your protection Lord my God, and in your own gentle way guide me and rule me as you know best. Amen. Call me a 'tired old' Catholic, but I am trying,  the sentiment would apply as to a very elderly person It's been a long two weeks, now and another long week to go... .

Nothing but litter and trashy ideas..... sometimes the ad business can reek ! What am I talking about ... putting together an anti-littering campaign..... Busy ! . . . . . . If you could write your own tombstone, what would you write?