2 days MC...

Who invented this great piece of paper which empowers the doctor to provide relieve to the patient after his "3mins" diagnosis and then charge him a fee for medicine?

I think MC is one of the best things in life when you need get away from all that political and work related clutter from the office. Definately worth the visit to the doctor.

Well hell, I got mine for 2 days and the doc even wanted to offer me 3 days. Hmm.......let me calculate the ROI for MC.

Cost of MC: $30
No. of Days MC: 2 days
Cost of MC per day: $15
Pay of Work per day: Assuming $100
Pay of Work while on MC for 2 days: $100-15 = $85 (ROI)

So you see, it pays to take MC rather than Leave.

But seriously, I needed the rest. Office days have been like a freaking circus. Yes, we have clowns and monkeys as the main attraction. Well, let me tell you a story of a clown that aspires to manage people. Let's call him Bozo.

I'll provide you a list of FABE nono.....it's not Features, Advantages, Benefits and Evidence but Features, Arsehole Behavior, Evidence. Bozo is a guy that is....

Lacking Self Confidence why? He is extremely uncomfortable when being asked his opinion or direction, has no clear idea what he wants and is not specific on his request. This results in arsehole behavior of avoiding issues and escaping meetings. Evidence is obvious in the way he plans other meetings that clashes with one another, then pick the easier meeting to attend to. Or simply say..."Sorry I'am busy".

Unable to Manage why? Ok let's say you have a group of people reporting to you, obviously all portfolio requires his attention and his direction. Managing people requires time to understand their needs and to create the proper environment in which they are able to complete their task within the specified deadline. Expectations have to be made clear to staff and also to provide support and advise when issues are too complicated for them to comprehend. But the sad truth is that he manages people by enforcing a schedule system where he tracks each member for the task that they set themselves. How in the world would new staff be able to do a schedule if they don't understand the fundamental process? Hello...we're talking about Marketing here not Production. Arsehole behavior again shows that it demoralizes and confuses the individual and with unclear goals and expectations, the team remains stagnanted. Evidence shows that whenever there is a problem he goes way back to "Schedule".

Lack of Leadership why? Imagine this scenario, you're an officer in the army responsible for a platoon of elite soldiers. The soldiers come from different background in expertise and the officer came directly from the officer school. Without real war exposire, the officer puts his men into lectures about warfare tactics. (Chinese saying: Talking war on paper...). The soliders or his men fear him because of his rank and he does not train together with them during peace time. When war comes, when soldiers are thrown into the battlefield, he shouts commands from behind the hill (mind you, he ain't even standing on the hill overlooking the action). What sort of leader is he? What a pussy. When his men returned with battle scars and fatigue he asks them to improve themselves and that he feels that they should have "done this" "done that". What's the rationale of saying so much when infact there is no leadership by example? In life we don't need people to manage us but we need leaders to inspire, motivate, inject passion into our lives.

Enough said. I'am still on MC so give me time to collect my thoughts properly.