Stories - FD Thornton

I don't remember if I have ever mentioned this or not but it amazes me how people deal with messages and emails. In today's business setting you do a lot of communicating through messages and email. You don't always get to sit across the table with your fellow co-workers. Most of the time I end up never seeing my co-workers on a project. And since I deal with people across varied time zones, I rarely even get to speak to them on the phone. Messaging and emails are our lifeline for the project. I question then is, why do some people have trouble understanding written down instructions or even reading messages? I have had a number of situations were co-workers are sent notes and/or instructions that everyone can plainly see. Yet they turn around and ask what is going on. How many times do you need to resend instructions for someone to comprehend them? I mean we have had messaging for 30 years and nearly every business I'm involved in outsources work. So why do some peop...

You know, sometime it's lonely listening to yourself. It's almost like being in an empty room of a house and when you speak you get this weird echo, you know? Hello, hello... You know you may tell yourself that you post your thoughts to clear your mind and sometimes that's true. But deep down you really want to be accepted, liked, or just heard. Humans, for the most part are a social tribal species. So at some point we all want to be accepted. But the situation for some is isolation. So much like that empty room. (Hello, are you there?)

You know a lot of times I take myself way too serious. And for whatever reason I worry about what others think about me. I guess part of it may stem from the fact that I have so many followers on my blogs, Facebook, & etc. Oh, in case your wondering I have "0" followers. To be honest this can bruise your ego a bit, but in retrospect should I really care? I mean the whole point of doing this was to clear my mind and help "me" think things out. Also I do it to let potential employers and clients know a little about me. So should a person weigh their value on the opinions of a few? Who for the most part are only interested in blogging and posting just to keep up with the Jones? Funny how an invention that was suppose to bring people together only isolates us more. I mean, I love to talk and communicate face to face. It's also funny how the same people who post and blog all day can barely string together a complete sentence in public. Anyway. ...

I hadn't realized how long it has been since I posted on this blog. I guess I spend too much time at my school blog. But a nephew of mine posted on Facebook about being lost and maybe disillusioned after his first year in college. I replied to him that I perfectly understood where he was coming from and that I had been their myself. But in reality most young people don't listen to older folk, I know I don't. Maybe that's the reason I'm nearly fifty and still in school. Anyway it got me to thinking about my focus and determination. At this point I'm unemployed, poor, and in school. So far my education has paid off only in what it has given me personally. More determination, goal setting, completing tasks, and a much better perceptive about who I am and what I can do. And in a way, that is a lot. I would guess that now that I'm very close to completing school (five courses). I should double up my affords to seek the right fit for my future career. To rethi...