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23Sep/150

Happy Fall!

Well, it's the Autumnal Equinox, so it's officially fall.  That means cooler nights and days ahead.  I'm already had my fair share of pumpkin and Oktoberfest beers.  The leaves will soon change their various shades of orange and yellow and red.  It's a good time of the year.

I always think of Fall as a night of drinking.  Coming out of winter is like the hang over from the previous night.  You're thinking never again.  Screw cold weather forever.  Bring on the sun and heat!  But then by the end of summer... it's like hey.  Ohh, this colder weather isn't too bad.  Oh yeah I kind of enjoy this.  As the night progresses and the alcohol increases you start to really feel nice good.  As fall progresses it starts to feel nifty and fun.  Seeing your breath for the first time is equal to a good little buzz happening.  But then... we hit the real frost and chill of winter...

The spins.  That's damn spins.  I had too much.  Crap.  Give me water and food.  Uh oh.  It's too late.  And then hangover.  The Winter hangover.  Snow.  And cold.

But then Spring comes again and we start to feel pretty decent again.  As the temps warm up the cycle begins again.  And after another hot summer, we're ready for that night of drinking again.  Slow sips at first... and soon we're in another drunken Autumn buzz.

Right now as far as Fall goes, I've just taken my first few sips of my first drink of the night.  I'm anticipating the very first bits of that Autumn buzz.

Bring on the hay rides and pumpkins and Fall leaves and Halloween decorations and Oktoberfest beers!

 

 

It's a good time to curl up and read new and interesting things over a cozy cup of pumpkin spice something or other...

Speaking of reading, one of the things I kind of want to check out is from the post I talked about yesterday on management things.  At the end of the presentation the speaker, Melissa, listed some references to check out.

One of them sounded super interesting... The Five Dysfunctions of a Team.

http://www.tablegroup.com/books/dysfunctions

 

According to the website, the five dysfunctions are as follows:

Dysfunction #1: Absence of Trust
The fear of being vulnerable with team members prevents the building of trust within the team.
Dysfunction #2: Fear of Conflict
The desire to preserve artificial harmony stifles the occurrence of productive ideological conflict.
Dysfunction #3: Lack of Commitment
The lack of clarity or buy-in prevents team members from making decisions they will stick to.
Dysfunction #4: Avoidance of Accountability
The need to avoid interpersonal discomfort prevents team members from holding one another accountable.
Dysfunction #5: Inattention to Results
The pursuit of individual goals and personal status erodes the focus on collective success.

 

 

I'm going to see if they have the book in the library at work and check it out.  It'll probably be a good coffeeshop type read.  If they don't have it I'll just probably end up purchasing it.

 

I really love link learning.  That's probably not a real term (or it's called something else) but it's where you learn about one thing from something else.  So, from consuming one piece of information you find something new and interesting out of that.  And then if the chain continues it becomes almost like an adventure or a story.  As though it's leading somewhere to the Holy Grail of information that will be super crucial to you at some point in your life.  You'll be sitting in that meeting, or in that one situations and a light bulb will go off and you'll be like... I READ about this!!!

That's the best.  I've had that happen on several occasions.

I like when that happens with meeting new people too.  Meeting one person from someone else that you met from some other person that you totally met by accident.  Keeps life fun and interesting.

Happy Autumn and happy reading.

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