Little Footprints

I think I'm going to try to continue my blog posts about my reflections. This week, I was struck with the question "Why do we not care for our employees or value our employees like the rest of the world does"? There are countries that value their elderly, where as, we simply throw ours away. Our culture is overworked, yet some cultures value a break in the middle of the day. In taking this week's  survey , I'm a little bit of everywhere with it--it was hard not to change answers - when there are so many biases in today's culture. The one thing I'm still thinking about is the Uncertainty Avoidance.  Why aren't we more careful with those major decisions, we enjoy risks - why is that? Maybe it's because of our founding fathers taking that risk so long ago to venture out into the unknown against England? So many things can be written about Culture.  One thing is certain, we have learn to live in harmony and be tolerant of other cultur...

It's was Tuesday morning.  I have been so frustrated with my job lately - I have had so many "Don't they see" moments.  I work very hard, I rarely say 'no'. Why do I feel like they (management, my bosses) don't like me? One of my bosses advised me to read the book "Know Your Value" by Mika Brzezinksi.   At first, I was a little taken back with why is he giving me a self-help book.  I know MY value, I wanna know why they don't?  Then I started to read it. A quote that stuck with me through out me reading it was: "Women have been brought up on emotion.  Feeling loved by your bosses, doesn't mean you are  being valued." Yup, there it is--black and white.  Was I really concerned about being liked rather than being valued? It's such a good book--since Tuesday, I stopped apologizing for things--yeah, totally stopped saying sorry for work things. I mean, obviously I will apologize if the situation warrants it, bu...