Sep 09
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Trust Us: We’re Wrong
When I was going over my Yahoo! Fantasy Football rosters this morning, I came across this article from Sports Illustrated, September 7, 2009, titled Trust Us: We’re Wrong. The article was written by Phil Taylor and it had this caption:
“With all due respect to my colleagues at SI, we correctly forecast a champion about as often as Derek Jeter goes dateless on a Saturday night.”
My initial thought after reading that article was…
What???
These are the people I trust in order to make decisions on whom to Start or Sit each week…?
They could be wrong…???
“Gee, that must be nice!”
I mean think about it. Here’s a job, where one can be wrong about something and not hear about it from their superiors….ever! They cannot be faulted in any way shape or form for being completely wrong about draft picks, trades, Super Bowl Championships, World Series Championships, NBA Championships etc. They can even use the excuse, that because someone got hurt and didn’t play, that may have skewed the prediction(s).
“Gee, that must be nice!”
My all-time favorite job, that I used to wish I had, was that of a weatherman. Initially, this thought came to me when I was in the U.S. Navy and stationed at Moffett Field. I remember talking with someone who had the task of “predicting” the weather for the P-3 pilots. He, like most in the profession of predicting the weather, was wrong more times than right!
This person would always laugh and tell me, “Well Webb, you know the saying, you pick your rate you pick your fate.” I would think back how, at 19 years old, the only reason I picked the Radioman (RM) rating was because I thought the lightning bolts on the rating patch for the uniforms was cool. My father was a Hospital Corpsman (HM) in the Navy and thought I was nuts for doing that!
The weather. How many times have we heard it was going to rain when it didn’t or did when we heard it wasn’t going to. I can still hear my friend from the Navy, during those times. He was right obviously, as no one can predict the weather nor has control over the weather. Who could reprimand him for it…???
I think about jobs like telecommuting. I haven’t met one person that was able to get one of those jobs but my friends always knew someone who did and no, that person wasn’t able to get them a telecommuting job! My next line of thought is always, when does the telecommuter actually go in to the workplace and what exactly are their hours? No one seems to know! Yet there is a cubicle, complete with a workstation, should this individual just happen to be in the area!
“Gee, that must be nice!”
How about the amount of breaks or type of breaks allowed? I like this one because if you are a smoker, you seem to get some additional breaks as opposed to non-smokers. There doesn’t appear to be a time limit for these breaks either. Non-smokers seemed to be governed at a higher standard in the time allotted and the number of breaks as opposed to smokers, who I might add are still entitled to the same breaks as non-smokers! Other questions I have are, when does the actual smoke break clock start? When the cigarette is lit? When permission is asked and then granted? When the smoker actually is in the smoking area after going to the rest room first? Does drinking a cool beverage or hot cup of joe, with an entree(s) during the time of the smoke break border on or constitute a lunch break..?
“Gee, that must be nice!”
Now, if you’re one of the people (as I was) who rushes to and from work on a 2-3 hour commute each way, trying to listen to positive music or inspirational and motivational teachings on the radio or on CD, only to get to your desk or cubicle and look at the pile of work that you are supposed to be doing or have done, with the “red button” on the phone continually flashing…and mutters to yourself…
“I just want to do something different and meet new people. I’m tired of wasting my time, hanging around people without much ambition and who aren’t going anywhere. I’m tired of spending time with people who work just hard enough…so they won’t get fired, and I’m also tired of working for a company that pays us just enough…so we won’t quit.”
THAT is the moment you should look at designing a lifestyle, that will allow you to achieve everything you want without a glass ceiling. This decision doesn’t have to nor will it jeopardize what you are already doing…!
There are simply too many testimonies, worldwide, of people who have been where you are and made that leap of faith, who have NEVER looked back…!
In business, we have a better way and yes…
IT IS NICE…!!
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