Comments on: A Design for a New Day http://wordsforhirellc.com/blog/2008/10/22/a-design-for-a-new-day/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:31:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Karen Swim http://wordsforhirellc.com/blog/2008/10/22/a-design-for-a-new-day/comment-page-1/#comment-9730 Karen Swim Thu, 23 Oct 2008 22:23:53 +0000 http://wordsforhirellc.com/blog/?p=203#comment-9730 @Evelyn, you are so right about getting rid of things that don't make sense! When I read the story I laughed even as I realized I too have been guilty of absurdity! ;-) @Friar, ROFL! I am so buying that t-shirt! I am going to buy it, and take a picture of me wearing it and stick it right up there. LOL! @Rebecca, you keep me in line with language, I'm only too happy to give back. :-) Yay for the breakthrough! I love when that happens! :-) @Evelyn, you are so right about getting rid of things that don’t make sense! When I read the story I laughed even as I realized I too have been guilty of absurdity! ;-)

@Friar, ROFL! I am so buying that t-shirt! I am going to buy it, and take a picture of me wearing it and stick it right up there. LOL!

@Rebecca, you keep me in line with language, I’m only too happy to give back. :-) Yay for the breakthrough! I love when that happens! :-)

]]> By: Rebecca Smith http://wordsforhirellc.com/blog/2008/10/22/a-design-for-a-new-day/comment-page-1/#comment-9727 Rebecca Smith Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:20:01 +0000 http://wordsforhirellc.com/blog/?p=203#comment-9727 Karen, That story is a classic! Really makes you think (and laugh!). Thanks to this post, I (finally) plan to rethink how I manage my business' accounts payable and receivable. Thank you for the motivation. Friar: LOL about the shirt! Rebecca Smiths last blog post..<a href="http://smithwriting.com/blog/?p=59" rel="nofollow">Common words, uncommon meanings</a> Karen,
That story is a classic! Really makes you think (and laugh!). Thanks to this post, I (finally) plan to rethink how I manage my business’ accounts payable and receivable. Thank you for the motivation.

Friar: LOL about the shirt!

Rebecca Smiths last blog post..Common words, uncommon meanings

]]> By: Friar http://wordsforhirellc.com/blog/2008/10/22/a-design-for-a-new-day/comment-page-1/#comment-9726 Friar Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:06:23 +0000 http://wordsforhirellc.com/blog/?p=203#comment-9726 Karen Here's a T-shirt that you can order from Despair.com...that fits quite nicely with your post... http://site.despair.com/despairwear/tradition/?sort=collection Friars last blog post..<a href="http://deepfriar.wordpress.com/2008/10/22/things-about-the-workplace-i-dont-wanna-understand/" rel="nofollow">Things About the Workplace I Don’t Wanna Understand</a> Karen

Here’s a T-shirt that you can order from Despair.com…that fits quite nicely with your post…

http://site.despair.com/despairwear/tradition/?sort=collection

Friars last blog post..Things About the Workplace I Don’t Wanna Understand

]]> By: Evelyn Lim http://wordsforhirellc.com/blog/2008/10/22/a-design-for-a-new-day/comment-page-1/#comment-9717 Evelyn Lim Thu, 23 Oct 2008 04:30:44 +0000 http://wordsforhirellc.com/blog/?p=203#comment-9717 What an excellent story on looking beyond habits and boundaries that are out-dated! It is always a good idea to take a step back and have a fresh look at things. It is also a great way to simplifying our life, and getting rid of things that no longer make sense. Evelyn Lims last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/attractionmindmap/~3/426362469/" rel="nofollow">Can You Read My Mind?</a> What an excellent story on looking beyond habits and boundaries that are out-dated! It is always a good idea to take a step back and have a fresh look at things. It is also a great way to simplifying our life, and getting rid of things that no longer make sense.

Evelyn Lims last blog post..Can You Read My Mind?

]]> By: Karen Swim http://wordsforhirellc.com/blog/2008/10/22/a-design-for-a-new-day/comment-page-1/#comment-9715 Karen Swim Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:07:41 +0000 http://wordsforhirellc.com/blog/?p=203#comment-9715 @Michele, it was too funny not to share! I could also relate because there are things that I do a certain way because my mom did (like folding the towels) that are not the only way but we've always done it that way! ;-) @Brad, you are so right! That's why business needs a mix of thinkers so that you have the "why, why" people balanced against those who will challenge the validity, that's when magic really happens! @Roland, LOL! I know you have loads of good tales about the "no process." Makes you wonder, eh? :-) @Ulla, I'm so glad you liked the story! You are right, a fresh eye can question the things we take for granted. It is another reason why i like to read and learn from other industries, you get a different perspective & it keeps you from becoming myopic. Karen Swims last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WordsForHire/~3/427445665/" rel="nofollow">A Verse of Hope</a> @Michele, it was too funny not to share! I could also relate because there are things that I do a certain way because my mom did (like folding the towels) that are not the only way but we’ve always done it that way! ;-)

@Brad, you are so right! That’s why business needs a mix of thinkers so that you have the “why, why” people balanced against those who will challenge the validity, that’s when magic really happens!

@Roland, LOL! I know you have loads of good tales about the “no process.” Makes you wonder, eh? :-)

@Ulla, I’m so glad you liked the story! You are right, a fresh eye can question the things we take for granted. It is another reason why i like to read and learn from other industries, you get a different perspective & it keeps you from becoming myopic.

Karen Swims last blog post..A Verse of Hope

]]> By: Ulla Hennig http://wordsforhirellc.com/blog/2008/10/22/a-design-for-a-new-day/comment-page-1/#comment-9713 Ulla Hennig Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:40:20 +0000 http://wordsforhirellc.com/blog/?p=203#comment-9713 Karen, thanks for the story - I enjoyed reading it! My experience is that sometimes you need people from outside to point at things which are done out of habit and routine, and ask: "Why do you do it this way?" And then they often get the answer "because we do it that way, it has been like that all the time". In the beginning, there might have been a good reason for doing it that way, but now, the reason is forgotten... Ulla Hennigs last blog post..<a href="http://ullahennig.wordpress.com/2008/10/21/the-last-flowers-of-the-year/" rel="nofollow">The last Flowers of the Year</a> Karen,
thanks for the story – I enjoyed reading it! My experience is that sometimes you need people from outside to point at things which are done out of habit and routine, and ask: “Why do you do it this way?” And then they often get the answer “because we do it that way, it has been like that all the time”. In the beginning, there might have been a good reason for doing it that way, but now, the reason is forgotten…

Ulla Hennigs last blog post..The last Flowers of the Year

]]> By: Roland Hesz http://wordsforhirellc.com/blog/2008/10/22/a-design-for-a-new-day/comment-page-1/#comment-9712 Roland Hesz Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:21:34 +0000 http://wordsforhirellc.com/blog/?p=203#comment-9712 Thank you, thank you, thank you! I love the story! And how how how true that is. Although it's a bit better than the times when the answer is "oh, we don't have a process for that.". "And in the beginning there was Chaos for thousands of years." Thank you, thank you, thank you!
I love the story! And how how how true that is.

Although it’s a bit better than the times when the answer is “oh, we don’t have a process for that.”.

“And in the beginning there was Chaos for thousands of years.”

]]> By: Brad Shorr http://wordsforhirellc.com/blog/2008/10/22/a-design-for-a-new-day/comment-page-1/#comment-9710 Brad Shorr Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:11:56 +0000 http://wordsforhirellc.com/blog/?p=203#comment-9710 Karen, Wonderful story! Sometimes doing things unthinkingly is silly, although sometimes not. Good business people are like children in a way. They're always asking why, why, why? Drives people crazy, but that's the way to innovate! Brad Shorrs last blog post..<a href="http://www.wordsellinc.com/blog/copywriting/did-i-really-send-that/" rel="nofollow">Did I Really Send That??</a> Karen, Wonderful story! Sometimes doing things unthinkingly is silly, although sometimes not. Good business people are like children in a way. They’re always asking why, why, why? Drives people crazy, but that’s the way to innovate!

Brad Shorrs last blog post..Did I Really Send That??

]]> By: Michele http://wordsforhirellc.com/blog/2008/10/22/a-design-for-a-new-day/comment-page-1/#comment-9708 Michele Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:13:22 +0000 http://wordsforhirellc.com/blog/?p=203#comment-9708 That is a good story and excellent example, Karen! The message rings loud and clear. In the end it all seemed so silly, didn't it? Wow. Imagine doing something for years only to realize that wasn't a good way for <i>you</i> to do it. Goes to show we should always be learning and evolving and improving and that we should keep an open mind, eh? *smiles* Michele Micheles last blog post..<a href="http://writingthecyberhighway.com/2008/10/pulling-the-reins-on-myself/" rel="nofollow">Pulling the Reins: On Myself?</a> That is a good story and excellent example, Karen! The message rings loud and clear. In the end it all seemed so silly, didn’t it? Wow. Imagine doing something for years only to realize that wasn’t a good way for you to do it. Goes to show we should always be learning and evolving and improving and that we should keep an open mind, eh?

*smiles*
Michele

Micheles last blog post..Pulling the Reins: On Myself?

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