Archive for December, 2007
The company Christmas party
Our company Christmas party took place a few weeks ago. I estimate that there were about 80-100 people there. Fortunately, my boss has a huge house so, although there was a large number in attendance, it wasn’t crowded and you still had room to walk around.
The restaurant employs 14 people, including me, so you can [...]
Christmas parties - a true test
The holiday season always provides ample opportunity to practice my social skills, and this year was no different.
In the past few weeks I have attended two such get-togethers and managed to test drive some of my new skills and experiment with some newly developed theories.
One of my goals this year was to let go [...]
Conversation - letting go
As I already mentioned, my inability to communicate effectively with others in conversation is (was), in many ways, tied to my perfectionist traits. After analyzing my deepest fears, I eventually came to the conclusion that I could not tolerate partial success. I could not handle being a mediocre anything.