Posts by Carol Ross
Work That You Are Meant to Do
People have been congratulating me on being photographed and quoted in U S News and World Report magazine. What strikes me is how this is a sign of doing work that I’m meant to do. That’s different from work that you are good at or work that you are capable of. As an engineer for…
Read MoreHow To Sleep Better At Night
Yesterday afternoon, I charted all the "to-do’s" for my professional life onto Stephen Covey’s quadrants: Urgent and Important Not Urgent and Important Urgent and Not Important Not Urgent and Not Important This was an assignment given to me by my coach last week, when I was feeling overwhelmed. The engineer in me enjoyed the picture…
Read MorePet Peeves
I find it annoying when people send me email and they request a return receipt. My email program tells me when I click on the email that the sender has requested a return receipt–essentially proof that I’ve opened up the email. I have the option of sending the return receipt or not. If I send…
Read MoreQuestion #2
This is the second in this series of specific questions that Ilene is answering. I thought you would enjoy seeing a picture of me with Ilene (on the right, looking down), taken last week at her home. If you click on the photo, you’ll see a larger version of it (for those of you like…
Read MoreLikeability Factor
I’ve had a piece of paper in my "interesting but what to do with it?" pile for about six months. It’s entitled, "An L-Factor Assessment" by Tim Sanders, author of the book, "The Likeability Factor." It’s a quiz that one can take to understand their Likeability Factor–the ability to create positive or negative feelings in…
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