Program 2010–5 What was I thinking?

What was I thinking?

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Some individuals may still be under the delusion that they can retire on the job. Such thoughts were allowed during hyper busy economic times, when companies were flush with revenue. If you haven’t noticed, those times are now gone for years to come. As written in earlier blogs, we are going through a transition recession, but we are also going through a once in a lifetime economic correction. It means that in the past you were right to think you could get by doing only a minimal amount of work, but now, well things have changed.

The caption under the cartoon ask, “What was I thinking?” The answer: You were thinking only about yourself and not those with whom you work, thus, not about the organization where you work. So, I could add another line to the caption and it would go something like this: “What was I doing?” Of course, the answer could be many things, but let me provide a couple plausible statements. First, you were doing nothing! Second, you weren’t doing what you were suppose to do. Now, you have put yourself in the middle of a pack of disconcerted colleagues, or should I say former colleagues.

They have been picking up after you, covering for you and just pandering to your inattentiveness. Now, your good old days are gone, they have left the building, and you are in the middle of a mess of your own making. What more can be said? Probably a lot, but this is a G-rated blog.
Michael Mason Norman