The little white lie.

Recently I have seen quite a few "Little White Lies" used every day. Nothing that is harmful, nobody is getting hurt it just isn't the truth. More interestingly is the fact these lies are not even necessary. Many times these people are just adding "color" to the email-phone call-text or other.

The question is where do the white lies end? If you do not tell the complete truth as you know it then how can you be trusted when it counts?

It is an easy trap to get caught in. I find it easy to get there. It starts with the smallest of stretching the truth and grows daily.

You may find the up front and honest may be more pain full up front but will quickly get you where you want to go much faster and gain you time that everyone needs.

The avoidance Game?

I went into a business office today that had three people to help customers (They were all behind a counter). It was clear that they were playing the avoidance game. You know, if they make eye contact they will be the one that has to help you. So I picked one and stood there. After a couple of seconds I was acknowledged and we started our business.

I was clearly a problem but was being helped. All until the CEO came out and he knew me well and from that point on I was treated like a King.

Building file structures and he is 4?

Last night Carsen was sitting in the chair arranging his icons on the iPad. "Because you do it dad" How did he even learn that?

It took me 5 years before I build folders at work and my 4 year old is doing it now? I am starting to feel behind...

I made it through the night...

Thursday morning I found myself putting on a sales meeting with some new product deployments that were key to the team and a raging headache, sore throat and more. It was so bad that I do not remember much of the second part of the meeting. I will see tomorrow how bad I was.

Friday and Friday night it continued to get worse. Jenifer meanwhile continued to point out how I should have went to the doctor on Friday. (Do you know that Insurance commercial where they ask if a drill Sargent would make a good therapist? That is similar to Jenifer when I am sick.)

Anyway, I missed Caden's school carnival and Tammy's 40th birthday. Finally I am starting to feel human again. This all came on at a very bad time for me to miss some productive days. HTG next week, lots of stuff on the plate anyway so this week will be very busy.

More good apps to check out.

Some entertaining apps this time.

1. Tosh.O is good app, funny things and great video's. Wish it was HD not just for iphone res.
2. Construction. Great to build things and use your mind.

3. Risk. Remember how that board game used to take hours to play. A good 10 minutes will do.

Oh my Inbox...

I had a very busy morning getting much of in the end seems like nothing done and began to review my inbox. I usually am very good at keeping the most important things in there and the rest gets filed. More specifically things that I have to do something soon with stays in the box.

Well, I have not recently had the problem of the overflowing box, but I have found myself in that situation. I had to take a step back and look at what was most important and prioritize from there.

After looking at what was in there, it became obvious that almost all of it was distracting me from what was really important. Then I went to my calendar and put in what was important and moved everything else. I will let you know how it goes.

Things Change?

Today we were playing with a sword and shield that I had bought from a guy at work and Carsen said "Dad, What is this made out of? I don't have any toys like this..."

It is made out of wood.