#365Books For project managers, project sponsors, and perfectionists.
Tag: Perfectionism
Staycation Procrastination
I am just coming back from a week off from work, as my office closes between Christmas and New Year’s. Having grown up in retail, it still seems strange to me to have that week off, and I was kinda dreading it this year. Usually we are away for that week, visiting my family, my …
Done is Better than Perfect
Several years ago, I worked with a woman who was very annoying. She micromanaged everything. She insisted on seeing every memo that I sent out that might possibly be implied to reference her department. I made the mistake of sending them to her and then she edited them by printing them and writing changes until …
Patterns
Yesterday, I came out of a meeting and remarked to my husband, “I think I just very gently got my head handed to me.” The meeting had not been bad. I had not been called on the carpet. Everyone in the meeting was friendly and polite. I had not been accused of anything or blamed …
“That’s Interesting”
When I was young and impecunious, I shared an apartment that was practically under the Williamsburg Bridge, on the wrong side of Delancy, with a young mother and her toddler. Baby Agnes was old enough to, well, toddle about the apartment and have thoughts, but not old enough to speak real words. One day, she …
Change+Management 