Today, I found out I have astigmatism. Crazy, eh? Probably have had it for ten years and just finally noticed. Now I need glasses apparently. I was always fine without them and little worried that I wouldn't get used to them if I ever needed them. I guess I'll found out now.
Still not doing real well with keeping on track at work. It's to tempting to look up stuff to read on the web. I am literally addicted to it. I pray that I get over this soon, before my performance at work is noticed to a greater degree. My new boss, John, has already picked up on my lack of motivation. He has managed to see more clearly into who I am than Stewart or Dan. Must be why he has been relied on for important positions. He has finally shown me that when faced within ambiguous tasks, I check out. I shared my "revelation" with Karl, who immediately empathized with me. He is the same way. We analysis, we take things apart and dissect the meaning. Taking the abstract and pinning it down is synthesis. Something that I'm terrible at. Cris had an interesting point that the higher you go in management, the better people are at doing this. There is no task list for Vice-Presidents only vague conditions to follow, principles not tasks. Another few points Cris made where that the only way to get better at things is to do them. I will need to push forward on vague tasks. Do them first in the day instead of leaving them to the end. Also, effectively communicating is another weak point of mine, so I need to present more. I'll get my chance Monday when we present to the steering committee.
More tomorrow....
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