Wise words from the CEO of Lockheed Martin:
I, along with other female friends, am definitely guilty of allowing the pursuit of perfection to act as barriers.
Monthly Archives: November 2014
Catching my breath.
It’s been a crazy couple of weeks. Weekend work goes without saying, but on top of the normal work, I had to prepare for a CLE presentation. It was pretty painful, reading cases at 3am, but glad to have done it, and it made me think that I should do it more often. Then off to NY — although the time difference is just three hours, it’s really hard for me to wake up in the morning (particularly after being up until 3am or later)! NY is bustling as always — I love the energy here, but particularly when it gets cold, everyone looks exhausted.
Was reading a few articles on the latest Uber snafu involving privacy. Apart from whether the VP should have made the threat in the first place (the right answer to that one is obvious), it highlights just how much information companies handle, and the potential for misuse. The thing is, how would an individual like you or me ever know that our information is being mishandled or used inappropriately? Companies have privacy policies, yes, but how do we the people know whether people are actually complying with them?
Bookmarking a somewhat related article for future reading:
Can you leave yourself?
I must say, facebook can at times be a giant waste of time, but many times you discover things that you otherwise would never have known.
Through several clicks that started with a facebook post, I came across a podcast called Love + Radio. Some of the podcasts are a little painful to listen to, but yesterday I came across one that was about a girl in her early 20s who made $30,000~$40,000 by blackmailing potential pedophiles. She would create fake facebook profiles and pose as a teenager, talk to men, then threaten to out them to everyone unless they sent her an Amazon giftcard.
I was listening to the story while thinking about other things, and then the girl said (and I paraphrase):
When I work, I’m working super hard, I’m super focused. But then when I close my laptop and walk away, I’m a different person. I’m back to old me, who is a pretty nice person.
So many of us yearn for a satisfying career, but also one that allows us to leave work at the office, and not follow us once we walk out the door. But I’ve never thought about there being a “Work Me,” who is different from “Old Me”. I personally think that, although we wear different hats (sister, wife, friend, mom, teacher, client, etc.) vis-a-vis various people, there is just one person wearing all of those hats.
GG and HH!!
Celebration parade today in the Financial District for the Giants’ World Series win, plus Halloween on the same day!
Following up on yesterday’s post, I was told at 4:45pm today that I need to draft something this evening. The real deadline for the draft is the end of Wednesday. So spending Halloween night at the office, since I was ordered to do so, but skeptical as to whether what I draft will actually get reviewed this evening. We shall see!
In any event, hope the trick or treaters stay safe out there in the rain tonight! Go Giants, and Happy Halloween!
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