tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558939360732260529.post7382747287984389043..comments2023-09-29T06:09:21.089-04:00Comments on Ask a Manager: what can't you NOT do?Ask a Managerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05281942480230532899noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558939360732260529.post-54153225781851325642009-10-28T13:42:20.723-04:002009-10-28T13:42:20.723-04:00Excellent! That's the crossroads I'm at i...Excellent! That's the crossroads I'm at in facing a new career. What are my strengths, because I definitely have annoying strengths! <br /><br />Plus, you can either invest your energy in creating mediocre weaknesses or you can instead work on pushing up your strengths.Sandynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558939360732260529.post-90922624396868121632007-08-23T18:33:00.000-04:002007-08-23T18:33:00.000-04:00This is great advice - I hope your readers take it...This is great advice - I hope your readers take it to heart. A wise mentor told me the same thing early on in my career and it is advice that has been very good to me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558939360732260529.post-16955333827865372772007-08-20T15:53:00.000-04:002007-08-20T15:53:00.000-04:00This may have application to more than work. When ...This may have application to more than work. When I hit forty, I engaged a physician knowledgeable about diet and exercise to devise an eating and exercise regimen that I could use given my traveling lifestyle. At our first meeting, he asked me what foods I would eat even if they were forbidden in the program. That didn't take much thought: "Cheeseburger, ice cream and beer" I answered. <BR/><BR/>"Thanks," he said. "Those are in the program. Just pay attention to how much of them you eat."<BR/><BR/>The idea it seemed was to remove the irresistible temptation and take away the romance of cheating. It worked.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558939360732260529.post-10076925010294022482007-08-16T19:36:00.000-04:002007-08-16T19:36:00.000-04:00Boy, this post made me think. What can I not stop...Boy, this post made me think. What can I not stop doing (besides eating, of course)?Evil HR Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506069540151526951noreply@blogger.com