Lighten the load
By Marcus Almond, 17 August 2012
"There was pounding on my door. I clicked “file save” and got up from my desk to answer it. “We’ve got an electrical fire downstairs,” my landlord said out of breath and visibly upset..."
Lifted from Steven Pressfield Online. Full article here.
"There was pounding on my door. I clicked “file save” and got up from my desk to answer it. “We’ve got an electrical fire downstairs,” my landlord said out of breath and visibly upset..."
Lifted from Steven Pressfield Online. Full article here.
the 'busy' trap
By Tim Kreider, 30 June 2012
"...I recently wrote a friend to ask if he wanted to do something this week, and he answered that he didn’t have a lot of time but if something was going on to let him know and maybe he could ditch work for a few hours. I wanted to clarify that my question had not been a preliminary heads-up to some future invitation; this was the invitation..."
Lifted from The Opinion Pages of The New York Times online. Full article here.
"...I recently wrote a friend to ask if he wanted to do something this week, and he answered that he didn’t have a lot of time but if something was going on to let him know and maybe he could ditch work for a few hours. I wanted to clarify that my question had not been a preliminary heads-up to some future invitation; this was the invitation..."
Lifted from The Opinion Pages of The New York Times online. Full article here.