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Hot and Annoyed

So let see, I went to work at 730 am, to find a gigantic mess for me. I mean this is a mess where I just wanna shoot the moron's that closed the night before. Oh, and on top of all this, I find out that Max Henderson, our "big shot" is coming in to work today. How fun. So not only do I have to clean up from the night before, I have to make the place look pretty too. This is truly the only time you'll see managers cleaning doors and chrome, lol. Well, at least he showed up today. He didn't have any complaints that I know about, or have heard about. We'll see tomorrow.

 

Anyway, left there at 4 PM , and came home. Where I quick had to get changed, so I could drive my father over to the Lancaster moose. You know he's in a hurry, when I walk in the door, and he's already dressed, and cleaned up.

 

So, I drove him over there, and dropped him off. Then my mother and myself went to the Walden galleria mall. Where I ate 2 Arby's melts, and a couple mozzarella sticks, and a diet Pepsi. Does that work for a diet ? I seriously feel fat today.

 

After eating we went and looked around. I checked out all the jewelry stores for stainless steel pendants. Only to find absolutely nothing that interested me. All the pendants are bigger, or huge. I was looking for something smaller, like the one that came apart that I had. Only to be annoyed to find nothing. If you have seen or know where to find stainless steel pendants, other then at the galleria, or Jared's let me know, please ?!

 

After that disappointment, we came home. Where I retired to my room, and got changed into my comfy clothes. Although with it being 83 degrees in here, nothing seems to be comfy. I seriously hate this weather, buffalo is suppose to be cold.

 

Let's see, what else is on my mind at the moment. I hate my hair, its all one length now, and I don't know what to do with it, other then put pomade in it and just let it go. Other then that, there's really nothing else on my mind that I haven't mentioned.

 

So, lets see if anyone can help me out, and reply with there thoughts, comments, and suggestions. Seriously I would really appreciate some advice.

 

~ annoyed with it all

 
 
   
 

Orrin Woodward & Thomas Watson

Allright - this is not Thomas Watson the golfer (although he would probably agree). It's from Thomas Watson - the former CEO of IBM. He is quoted as saying: "Would you like me to give you a formula for ...success? It's quite simple, really. Double your rate of failure.... You're thinking of failure as the enemy of success. But it isn't at all.....You can be discouraged by failure - or you can learn from it. So go ahead and make mistakes. Make all you can. Because, remember that's where you'll find success. On the far side of failure." - Thomas J. Watson.

Mr. Watson is describing one of the basic principles of success. Success is going from failure to failure with a learning attitude. Orrin Woodward was a self admitted slow starter in our business, but unlike many others, he decided to never quit learning.

If you ever stop learning, in whatever business you are in, you're done. I'll bet you know people who have quit their business mentally and are still in the business physically. Orrin never quit. He stayed mentally alert and continued to learn and grow. Even though he confessed to going slowly, Orrin did report that his growth bonus alone in 2003 was over 5 times his best earnings year as an engineer. Obviously, our business pays for those who are willing to fail, learn, grow, and win.

Be willing and never quit. You WILL win.

 
 
 

   
Orrin Woodward and Herb Kelleher
Here's a quote from Herb Kelleher, CEO of Southwest Airlines on Leadership:

"I'd describe leadership as servanthood. The best leaders, I think, have to be good followers as well. You have to be quite willing to accept other people's ideas even when they are in conflict with your own. You have to be willling to subjugate your ego to the needs of your business. You have to be willing to take risks for your people. If you won't fight for your people, you can count on your people not fighting for you."

An accurate description of Orrin Woodward and many of the other leaders on the Team as well.
 
 
   
 

Ford's Chief Isn't A Ford At All

This is just weird.  Ford Motor Company's Chief Executive Officer is going to be someone other than a Ford.  Since Ford has been struggling so much lately, Bill Ford is stepping down.  He will remain President, though, and Boeing executive Alan Mulally will become the CEO.

 

 
 
 

 

 
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