tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post2784431553948835584..comments2023-10-17T12:05:26.540+01:00Comments on Razor-blade of Life: On being indispensableZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-54499081276736591982007-09-27T11:16:00.000+01:002007-09-27T11:16:00.000+01:00Hello, J.J - yes, I can see your dilemma. It does...Hello, J.J - yes, I can see your dilemma. It does take a year or two to get into it (or it can, my situation was exceptional), and I think you might find yourself making a real impact at the school next year. On the other hand, it will eat up as much time as you can give it and it doesn't sound as though you have much to spare. Who would take over, is the question, though.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-51054878580294866222007-09-27T08:16:00.000+01:002007-09-27T08:16:00.000+01:00Hi Z, funny to read this just now as I am chair o...Hi Z, funny to read this just now as I am chair of governors at my local school and it is coming up to re-election time. I am asolutely at a loss to know whether it is time to stand down - have done it for two years NOT I feel very effectively, but on the other hand I feel I am just starting to get the hang of it. But with three kids, a full time work, extra studying - something has to give. I don't know!!!J.Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04429727115197726031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-87187154910342050522007-09-26T19:01:00.000+01:002007-09-26T19:01:00.000+01:00I preach, of course, better than I practise. And ...I preach, of course, better than I practise. And the more stressed you feel, the more likely you are to need to hold tightly to the reins. And in some jobs, consultation and empowerment is seen as a weakness (silly fuckers in charge there), or being seen as vitally important is needed for career advancement. I always speak for myself (even if, as Dave rightly surmises, I had him partly, and entirely sympathetically, in mind) and I am fortunate in that I do not have an employer and I am financially independent. <BR/><BR/>And doesn't that sound smug? Not meant to be, honestly.<BR/><BR/>And thank you, Boy. A compliment from you, businesswise, is well worth having.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-80938951353970139972007-09-26T11:47:00.000+01:002007-09-26T11:47:00.000+01:00As if I needed another confirmation of intellectua...As if I needed another confirmation of intellectual compatability. A job well done is a job so organised that you can leave. It is a matter of professional pride for me that anything I take on, will in time be transformed in to one that doesn't require me. You're spot on Z.The Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06052411992134880131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-59279724039301703102007-09-26T10:46:00.000+01:002007-09-26T10:46:00.000+01:00This is spooky, Badgerpa, I'm reading you Right No...This is spooky, Badgerpa, I'm reading you Right Now.<BR/><BR/>Pfft - I wear the burden of perfection lightly...Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-83545763646304347492007-09-26T10:42:00.000+01:002007-09-26T10:42:00.000+01:00Such wisdom in one so young.I think I might get th...Such wisdom in one so young.<BR/><BR/>I think I might get that in some kind of cyber-stamp and just slap it in every comment!badgerdaddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08275758525851693777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-32910871838678745602007-09-26T07:47:00.000+01:002007-09-26T07:47:00.000+01:00Dear heart, I didn't even mention you. And, altho...Dear heart, I didn't even mention you. And, although writing this post now was prompted by your present overburden, I could have written it at any time, as it is, genuinely, a lesson I've learned.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-71996947856354898932007-09-26T07:39:00.000+01:002007-09-26T07:39:00.000+01:00All right, all right. No more, or I may suggest y...All right, all right. No more, or I may suggest you're nagging.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08403853324345062446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-37402467024645405902007-09-26T07:23:00.000+01:002007-09-26T07:23:00.000+01:00That's a good point, Mike. Irrelevant to me, as i...That's a good point, Mike. Irrelevant to me, as it is unlikely to arise...<BR/><BR/>Though accepting myself as <I>good enough</I> has been useful too. <BR/><BR/>Arabella, actually a lazy disposition really helps me to give that appearance ;-)Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-77092392363991828332007-09-26T00:44:00.000+01:002007-09-26T00:44:00.000+01:00You're a wise woman.You're a wise woman.Arabellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01976792737020577126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-18499156899376554162007-09-25T23:39:00.000+01:002007-09-25T23:39:00.000+01:00Sometimes, part of it can be about accepting that,...Sometimes, part of it can be about accepting that, yes, maybe other people <I>won't</I> do things quite as well as you could, but that, in the final analysis, maybe it <I>doesn't matter</I>... they'll still be <I>good enough</I>.mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08372409823804709682noreply@blogger.com