..and sometimes we should leave well enough alone
We did all day meetings yesterday, and I wrote here last night that, despite the way I despise meetings, I had to admit these were useful...and I think they were.
The same theme (mandatory company meeting) fill this morning as well, and that's where we hit the point of diminishing returns. There were a few highlights, but a lot of what was said this morning was a rehash, or not even that. One presentation was exactly the same as something we were given three months ago, in smaller groups. Most of us had alrerady seen his presentation, so that was the second time. At the time, the guy giving it said he was going around to each department, educating everyone on his topic. Well, if that was the case, why did we have the exact same dog and pony show today..for a third time? His was not the only one. The first two hours of the day were a waste. From there it went up and finished strong, but by that time my fist was sore from supporting my jaw, and all I could think of was all the things waiting to be done that were being held up for this.
One thing that was impressive was that Fred Funk, who has always been one of my favorite PGA Tour players, came to talk to us. He came to talk about chairitable efforts he's making, and those of other Tour players. He relayed a story from Frank Lickliter, who went to Iraq a few months ago to talk to the troops and lift morale. He said, one of the things the troops want people to know that they don't think we hear is....they are making a lot of progress. The progress isn't always military. Sometimes it is improving the infrastructure. In Bagdad, they have not only restored the electrical and sewage services, but brought them to neighborhoods that never had them before. When Saddam was in power, the education system for anybody but the elite was non-existent. Despite the best efforts of the insurgency, the education system is back and thriving. There is a lot of good happening in Iraq, and it doesn't come across in headlines that only speak of 3 soldiers who died because of roadside bombs. I don't like death any more than anyone else, but know that these sacrifices aren't being made for nothing.
The same theme (mandatory company meeting) fill this morning as well, and that's where we hit the point of diminishing returns. There were a few highlights, but a lot of what was said this morning was a rehash, or not even that. One presentation was exactly the same as something we were given three months ago, in smaller groups. Most of us had alrerady seen his presentation, so that was the second time. At the time, the guy giving it said he was going around to each department, educating everyone on his topic. Well, if that was the case, why did we have the exact same dog and pony show today..for a third time? His was not the only one. The first two hours of the day were a waste. From there it went up and finished strong, but by that time my fist was sore from supporting my jaw, and all I could think of was all the things waiting to be done that were being held up for this.
One thing that was impressive was that Fred Funk, who has always been one of my favorite PGA Tour players, came to talk to us. He came to talk about chairitable efforts he's making, and those of other Tour players. He relayed a story from Frank Lickliter, who went to Iraq a few months ago to talk to the troops and lift morale. He said, one of the things the troops want people to know that they don't think we hear is....they are making a lot of progress. The progress isn't always military. Sometimes it is improving the infrastructure. In Bagdad, they have not only restored the electrical and sewage services, but brought them to neighborhoods that never had them before. When Saddam was in power, the education system for anybody but the elite was non-existent. Despite the best efforts of the insurgency, the education system is back and thriving. There is a lot of good happening in Iraq, and it doesn't come across in headlines that only speak of 3 soldiers who died because of roadside bombs. I don't like death any more than anyone else, but know that these sacrifices aren't being made for nothing.
John put this out here at 2:02 PM
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