peterdarkdragon

While the year isn’t done yet and I’ve made some progress on that front, I can just let things slide and coast out the rest of the year. There is still plenty time to make some progress and get my next steps going. Top amongst those will be to get myself enrolled on some courses to improve my Managerial skills. While that’s not where I...
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Well..not quite but it’s the first of October so that means Halloween is a lot closer. Or seems a lot closer anyway. Trouble is I haven’t been able to find a costume I like yet. Or create I should say. For the past year I’ve been trying to put together a fantasy warrior costume and while I’ve got the start of it, I don’t feel...
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…well, more of a scuttled ship if I can stretch the naval metaphor. Without getting too in depth to the rather boring details of corporate money saving decisions of my employer let’s just say a small premises they own is being closed down and most of the staff, managers included, have jumped ship and swam away. Which is where I come in. The few remaining...
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Normally I’m not a fan of my boss contacting me when I’m on holiday. Or when he is on holiday, but that is a whole different story. This time though I’m willing to make an exception since he is asking me to switch my Sunday shift to a Wednesday, which basically means I get an extra day of holiday. What’s not to like about that?

I’ve been burning my way through Mythbusters on Prime, having made my way right to the final series of both Adam and Jamie’s run as well as Jon and Brian’s. If you haven’t watched Mythbusters, I highly recommend it as some light watching with some occasional heavy science, heavy objects and massive explosions. Rather than dip back into my admittedly limited catalog of programs, I’m...
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If there is one thing I have learned from my recent forays into the world of corporate management, it’s that the most important things to do, from a self improvement point of view, are those that scare you the most. That’s the only way you will grow into the role. That’s often the trick for me, since a lot of what could happen in my...
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