Teryl @ Work

If I were 22   May is my birthday month, so a time for celebrations and introspection. In interviews, I often ask our applicants to pretend they are 60, and look back on their careers.   Their dreams range from leaving a legacy to being able to retire by the age of 45. At 22, I had taken my first steps on the career ladder.   I had been promoted from being a PA and Installation Secretary (setting up PoS installations for NCR’s large retailers) to becoming a full time programmer. I had made some extremely poor academic decisions, and realised I had to make some very good career choices.   Software development was a relatively new field when I was in my early 20s, and it became an exciting and fulfilling career. Based on my history what advice would I give myself or a new graduate? It doesn’t matter what you have studied, or what your first job is. Keep looking for your passion, find what makes you happy. If it’s money, and you don’t m...

Which Wolf are you Feeding?   An old Cherokee is teaching his grandson about life: (Sources – See below) A fight is going on inside me, he said to the boy.   It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves.   One is evil – he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority and ego. The other is good – he is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith. This same fight is going on inside you – and every other person, too. The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather “Which wolf will win?” The old man replied simply “ The one you feed”. When I came across this story in a thriller by Michael Robotham, my reaction was immediate.  This is a great hook for creating positive thinking and, importantly to our business, a new way to approach an age old concern. Feeding t...

Embracing change? How do you react? Most people think that they react well, but, of course, it has to make sense to them! I believed the same thing - then I came up against the changes in my drive to the office.  It has been a long process, at least 18 months, and is still ongoing. There has been a huge amount of work.   There is change in the road structure without change in the signage.   Note the two photos taken this morning.   Not so much as a white directional line in the road. The middle and left lane go straight.  The right lane also goes straight, but is fed into a walled road that is a right only turn.   Every morning drivers realise this too late, and aim for the middle lane, without taking into account that there is already a vehicle in the middle lane – MINE! On Monday, the taxi in the left lane was blocked by an illegally stopped taxi in front of him.   My car was the ham in the sandwich as bo...