Tuesday, August 04, 2009

Reflection

I enjoyed writing a post by hand despite it perhaps being more of a challenge for you to read it. I tend to write very fast which means that I merge letters together, so I often have to make myself slow down a bit to make it more legible. I did actually send someone a card on Sunday and had to try my hardest to make sure she would be able to read it. The card was to someone who was my boss a few years ago. When she retired about four years ago I wrote her a card to tell her what a great manager she has been, even though I hadn’t worked for her for ages by then. Since I started the job I am doing at the moment I realised how much the way she managed me still impacts me today and the way I am doing my job both in terms of the decisions I make and the way I manage my team. So I wrote to her and told her how much she still inspires me and that sometimes when I get stuck I ask myself what she would have advised me to so and often the answer comes! I am not sure I can think of anyone else I would be bold enough to say such things to, but she has crossed my mind several times of late and I wanted to just say thank you to her (again).

I really want to see this film. It’s not because of the subject matter, which is a guy dying from cancer, but because the film is meant to a kind of “love story about Canada” and show an amazing journey across the country. The problem is that I don’t think this film has ever been released in the UK, I don’t have a North American compatible DVD player and I actually I would like to see it at the cinema anyway, as I think it is the kind of film you need to see on the big screen. One day maybe...

4 comments:

Kahless said...

I am really glad you liked handwriting a post.
And your boss / mentor has left a great mark on you it seems. It is nice that you wrote her.

Random Reflections said...

Kahless - yes I did like it. I think it was sort of freeing not to be at my computer whilst writing a post. It made me realise that I could be anywhere and scribble a note for my blog!

My old boss was great. A real inspiration in how to be an ethical and fair person.

By the way, the Rebecca Romero cycle is off. They had to stop because she got a knee injury. I feel disappointed for them.

Spudgy said...

Get the codes for changing your dvd player off the internet. I changed mine to be multi regional and it was really easy!

Random Reflections said...

Spudgy - I have thought about that but I think it can be a bit hit and miss with the DVD player that I have and it seems that it can go wrong and mean it stops working altogether. There seemed to be a few people who said this about the particular model I have, so I think it could turn into an expensive mistake.