Evils of Corporate Life - Part 4

The Town Hall. New year, new org, new meetings. I've had more Town Halls with senior leaders in the last few weeks than I can stand. My VP, her VP, his SVP and the CIO. sheesh. Now, there was some good tidbits of information, but has anyone calculated the $$ paid for the employees to be in these 1.5 - 2 hour meetings? And why is it the Directors don't have "Town Halls" but rather "Staff Meetings" or "Team Meetings?" Guess they're not high enough on the executive pole yet.....

Is it Timing?

We've all done it - I know I have. How often do we blame "timing" for things in our life? Or we say "life got in the way"? Think about it though. What does time have to do with it? And it's your life, how did it get in the way? It's not timing or life, it the choices we made to get there and the choices made once there. We can be in the right place at the right time and still make the wrong choice or vice versa.
I used to rationalize why something isn't the way I wanted it or sometimes why it was. I look back now with a clearer mind and more self esteem and realize, all those things happened because I made a choice to do or not do something. Interesting to look back at how it all connects.

"You can choose a ready guide in some celestial voice.
If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.
You can choose from phantom fears and kindness that can kill;
I will choose a path that's clear-
I will choose Free Will."
Rush

Just a Bump in the Road

I received an email today from a friend congratulating me on my marathon. She told me she's in awe of me and how proud she is of me.
She also wrote to tell me she has cancer. Never once in her email did she feel sorry for herself. In fact, she writes "I'm keeping my spirits high and seeing this as a bump in the road. I have too much yet left undone and refuse to let this get the best of me."
I'm the one in awe of her and am proud of her.