By Terri Schlichenmeyer
Published: August 12,2011
Everything must be perfect. At least that’s the way it seems. You have no margin for error in this economy, no second chances, no room for mistakes. If you want to keep your job, you get it right or you don’t get it at all. No pressure, huh? Being the fallible human that you are, [...]
By Terri Schlichenmeyer
Published: August 2,2011
Your mother said you should be ashamed of yourself. And you were. Call it a rite of passage. Call it a dare, peer pressure, wanting to seem cool or just because you were a dumb kid. But when you wrapped your fingers around that first shiny item, palmed it and walked away, the heart-pounding thrill [...]
By Terri Schlichenmeyer
Published: July 12,2011
They say the economy’s getting better. They say things are looking up, that business is starting to recover. But they couldn’t prove it by you. For months now, you’ve been spinning your wheels in the sand, your dreams on hold along with your life. You’re wondering if the economy is to blame or if there’s [...]
By Terri Schlichenmeyer
Published: July 8,2011
Maybe your mother was right. When she said you’d forget your head if it weren’t attached, she might’ve been onto something. You completely missed an important meeting yesterday. You’ve left vital documents at home on the counter (lotta good they’ll do there), you filed something yesterday but can’t find it now and every morning is [...]
By Terri Schlichenmeyer
Published: July 1,2011
Oops. You made a little mistake at work. OK, it wasn’t so little. It was gargantuan. Clients bailed, money was lost, everyone’s mad at you. It was so bad, so colossal an error, that you’re sure you’re going to lose your job over this, which means you’ll lose your house, you’ll lose your family, you’ll [...]
By Terri Schlichenmeyer
Published: May 10,2011
Your last vacation was a memorable one. Your plans absolutely became reality. You got to see everything and everyone you wanted to see, the sights were wonderful, the kids had fun and you felt relaxed for the first time in a long time. You took what seemed like a thousand pictures. Yes, this was the [...]
By Terri Schlichenmeyer
Published: April 26,2011
Your assistant puts up with a lot. She (and it’s almost always “she”) deals with grumpy customers and grouchy clients. She pretties up paperwork and prints presentations. When you can’t find things, she preternaturally knows where they are. You couldn’t find a better assistant. She has a pretty good boss. But in a not-so-distant past, [...]
By Terri Schlichenmeyer
Published: March 29,2011
You suppose you should be happy. At a time when unemployment flirts with double digits, you have a job, though it’s not the job you wanted, dreamed about having or even expected. It’s just a job. It pays the bills, and that’s about it. You often wonder if this is as good as it gets. [...]
By Terri Schlichenmeyer
Published: February 25,2011
You can’t survive without them, but there are times when your clients just make you shake your head. One wants “new.” You show them “new” and they pick the same old thing. Another aspires to a serious reputation, but you know the CEO is a wild man. And if changing their minds were an Olympic [...]
By Terri Schlichenmeyer
Published: January 14,2011
It’s budget time, and you’ve been going over your plans for 2011, just like you do every year when the calendar turns over. And as your eyes sweep over the pages, several words come to mind: Thin. Slim. Small. Cut, slash, eviscerate, butcher, chop and several other euphemisms for painful carving. Also: “uh-oh,” “awww, no,” [...]
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