You Can Tell...

Maya Angelou said, "I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights. " I'd like to add one more to this list: RFP's.

That's ad lingo for "Request for Proposal", when clients pop up and say, "hmm I'd like to put my feelers out for new ideas and shake things up with my current agency". This, of course, is not a good thing to spring on agencies in our economic times. We are so lucky to still have our jobs! But even though it's work doing these RFP's, it's still not "billable" work. The more billable you are, perceptively, the more valuable you are. And I like to be valuable, doesn't everyone?

And being un-billable and stressed out can make some people very crabby. I like to tell myself that if I ever get in that position that I won't be so short with people. It's not the words, though, it's the looks. Of death. Like nothing else on this planet could possibly be more important. I ask myself, is this any way to live? If we are this stressed out, what do doctors go through, when lives are literally on the line?? Whew. I needed to let that out, thanks.

Needless to say, my weekends are work-free zones, learned that the hard way! C'mon, Memorial Day!