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I’ve been swamped at work, I had to run errands, my teacher, mom, cat won’t let me, it wouldn’t really work even if I tried, that jerk Trevor at work is totally holding you back, and so on and so forth. Excuses. I’ve been thinking about them a lot lately and how they get in the way. Excuses keep you from your goals, give you something to blame, and keep you from being the responsible adult I guess we are all supposed to be. Stupid society and its “rules”, “social norms” and “laws”. See! There I go blaming society. Excuses are too easy to use and yet ultimately unsatisfying, both for the person using them and the people on the receiving end of them. I mean, just because you have someone or something to “blame” for your inaction does that actually excuse or forgive it? I don’t think so. Forgiveness comes from the people you inconvenience or hurt, and even from yourself, but it most certainly doesn’t come from having a convenient scapegoat.
Not to say there aren’t legitimate reasons out there, but those aren’t really excuses are they? Excuses are ways to shift responsibility to something outside yourself, not a reflection of a real problem outside your control. Not making it to work because a blizzard shuts down the roads isn’t an excuse, it’s a reason. The trick is knowing when you are legitimately being held back by a reason or when you are holding yourself back with an excuse. Because reasons can be overcome but excuses, they never really go away as long as you keep making them. Just like Trevor, that jerk. He’s everywhere.
Note: This post in no way reflects my own laziness around updating, or lack of updating my blog. Not that I’ve been lazy… Uh… Damn that Trevor, he is totally holding me back!
Another HR Happy Hour is in the can and dude, we are up to Episode 55!! 55 shows down and we are only getting better! The latest show was no exception. You see, we had a mystery guest on the HR Happy Hour and it was up to you, yes you, to guess who it was! The pre-show guessing got quite wild and silly, and Steve even had to put up a post on who was NOT the mystery guest. Intrigued? Want to know who it was? Well, you are just going to have to check out the show below to find out! And no checking out the #HRHappyHour back channel on twitter first either! That’s like reading the last few pages of a mystery novel to learn who the bad guy is! You don’t want to spoil the surprise do you?
The latest Carnival of HR has rolled into town and even though I’m a little late to show, there is no way I would miss one. I mean, I’m kind of in charge of wrangling these cats, err, I mean bloggers. Anywho, the lovely Jennifer McClure was our gracious host this time around over at her wonderful new site Unbridled Talent! Not only did Jennifer put together a great collection of posts that you can find here, she got through all that hard work without hating me! Hosting is fun and a great way to drive traffic to your site, but have no doubts that it takes a lot of time and effort to put one together. That’s why I love and appreciate all my hosts! Speaking of hosts, I’m going to be opening up hosting spots for the 2011 Carnival season soon so start thinking about whether you are ready to take on hosting duties.
Rolling right along, the next Carnival of HR is coming up on August 4th and is hosted by the funny Drew Tarvin over at his Humor that Works Blog. Cause dude, sometimes if you can’t laugh, you are going to end up crying. And frankly, I’d rather laugh.
Well, forgive my slacking everyone, two HR Happy Hour’s are in the can and I’m just now getting to this post! They were high quality episodes too so let’s no waste any more time!
Episode 53 was all about “Re-Thinking” Talent and we had the awesome Jennifer McClure and Susan Burns on the show! If there is one thing companies need to do given the changing work environment it is the re-think how they treat, hire, and find the talent their companies need. Check out the show below to learn more!
Now, I have to say, we’ve had some geeky HR shows, but I think Episode 54 takes the HR geeky cake! Professor Andrew McAfee, the author of ‘Enterprise 2.0 : New Collaborative Tools For Your Organization’s Toughest Challenges’, joined us and if you don’t check out the show, you are missing what is arguably one of our best ones! And that’s even without my giggles since I had lost my voice!
What did I tell you, those where some great shows! Please be sure to check out the #HRHappyHour twitter back channel and join us this week for our Secret Surprise guest!!
I have arrived in Birmingham, AL! I’m super excited but dudes, I’m also super tired. The last 3 weeks have been a whirlwind of packing, planning, travel both by plane and car, coping with a sudden cold, and more. That’s part of the reason the blog has been quiet this past week. No time or energy on my part. As it is, I can barely keep my eyes open as I type this. But no worries, I’ll be back in the game this week, full of energy and giggles like normal. But not with a southern accent yet though, I wonder how long that will take?
