Comments for Adi Gaskell says... http://www.adigaskell.org/blog The views and musings of me, myself and I Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:12:39 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 Comment on Where do you sit in the cinema? by Michelle http://www.adigaskell.org/blog/2009/12/29/where-do-you-sit-in-the-cinema/comment-page-1/#comment-8292 Michelle Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:12:39 +0000 http://www.adigaskell.org/blog/?p=241#comment-8292 Strangely enough Im right handed but always seem to sit either in the middle or the left hand side, not sure if its pure coincidence though! Strangely enough Im right handed but always seem to sit either in the middle or the left hand side, not sure if its pure coincidence though!

]]> Comment on The office Christmas party by Nicola Worsley http://www.adigaskell.org/blog/2009/12/15/the-office-christmas-party/comment-page-1/#comment-8006 Nicola Worsley Sat, 19 Dec 2009 11:57:02 +0000 http://www.adigaskell.org/blog/?p=237#comment-8006 I work in the City and we've really toned down our Christmas party this year. Not really the right climate for lavish shows of wealth is it? I work in the City and we've really toned down our Christmas party this year. Not really the right climate for lavish shows of wealth is it?

]]> Comment on The office Christmas party by Wayne Ellis http://www.adigaskell.org/blog/2009/12/15/the-office-christmas-party/comment-page-1/#comment-8005 Wayne Ellis Sat, 19 Dec 2009 11:55:23 +0000 http://www.adigaskell.org/blog/?p=237#comment-8005 I work for the government so all the parties I've ever been to at Christmas I've had to pay for myself. Fair enough isn't it? I mean it's not the tax payers job to fund our knees up. I work for the government so all the parties I've ever been to at Christmas I've had to pay for myself. Fair enough isn't it? I mean it's not the tax payers job to fund our knees up.

]]> Comment on The office Christmas party by John Geraghty http://www.adigaskell.org/blog/2009/12/15/the-office-christmas-party/comment-page-1/#comment-7965 John Geraghty Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:39:22 +0000 http://www.adigaskell.org/blog/?p=237#comment-7965 I agree with you, but may see it from a somewhat different perspective. What the parties show us, and the holiday season in general, is how much joy we can experience with one another. I would like this way of relating to be the new expectation.This joy and civility is simply a choice that we can make at any time. Bringing it to every relationship throughout the year would not only amplify our happiness, but optimize our effectiveness as well. Celebrate not only Christ's birth, but the divinity within everyone. Now that is something to get excited about. I agree with you, but may see it from a somewhat different perspective. What the parties show us, and the holiday season in general, is how much joy we can experience with one another.

I would like this way of relating to be the new expectation.This joy and civility is simply a choice that we can make at any time. Bringing it to every relationship throughout the year would not only amplify our happiness, but optimize our effectiveness as well.

Celebrate not only Christ's birth, but the divinity within everyone. Now that is something to get excited about.

]]> Comment on Are you passive or proactive? by adi http://www.adigaskell.org/blog/2009/11/16/are-you-passive-or-proactive/comment-page-1/#comment-7865 adi Wed, 02 Dec 2009 09:40:00 +0000 http://www.adigaskell.org/blog/?p=224#comment-7865 That is their job though Rob. The gym is perhaps a slightly more frivolous example, but in the corporate world if you're a consultant hired as the expert, and you sit by passively watching a client make mistakes, just because they havn't asked your opinion, then for me you're not doing your job. That is their job though Rob. The gym is perhaps a slightly more frivolous example, but in the corporate world if you’re a consultant hired as the expert, and you sit by passively watching a client make mistakes, just because they havn’t asked your opinion, then for me you’re not doing your job.

]]> Comment on Are you passive or proactive? by Rob Jones http://www.adigaskell.org/blog/2009/11/16/are-you-passive-or-proactive/comment-page-1/#comment-7856 Rob Jones Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:06:24 +0000 http://www.adigaskell.org/blog/?p=224#comment-7856 The problem is, how do you go over and offer people help when quite often they think they know what they are doing and don't want to listen? I suspect the truth could be that after attempting to help a number of gym users the staff learn their lesson and wait to be asked for help. The problem is, how do you go over and offer people help when quite often they think they know what they are doing and don't want to listen? I suspect the truth could be that after attempting to help a number of gym users the staff learn their lesson and wait to be asked for help.

]]> Comment on Are the British naturally uncreative? by Chrissie Bedwin http://www.adigaskell.org/blog/2009/11/15/are-the-british-naturally-uncreative/comment-page-1/#comment-7834 Chrissie Bedwin Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:59:27 +0000 http://www.adigaskell.org/blog/?p=218#comment-7834 The British uncreative? Absolutely not! Our scientists and engineers are amongst the most innovative and creative in the world, and highly sought after. Our creative arts are flourishing. So what's suppressing all that talent when it comes to business? The British uncreative? Absolutely not! Our scientists and engineers are amongst the most innovative and creative in the world, and highly sought after. Our creative arts are flourishing. So what’s suppressing all that talent when it comes to business?

]]> Comment on Are the British naturally uncreative? by Colin Millar http://www.adigaskell.org/blog/2009/11/15/are-the-british-naturally-uncreative/comment-page-1/#comment-7785 Colin Millar Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:00:23 +0000 http://www.adigaskell.org/blog/?p=218#comment-7785 Didn't the British create penicilin; radar; television; telephone; steam locomotives and the likes? Okay, dining out on past achievements will only make us complacent but I was always told that "necessity is the mother of invention" and where there is necessity, there tends to be an inventive solution. Perhaps UK Plc has become too focused on the things it was good at; engineering, shipbuilding; service industry (including the financial sector) but now that these industries are dying away, necessity will once again give birth to invention? Didn't the British create penicilin; radar; television; telephone; steam locomotives and the likes? Okay, dining out on past achievements will only make us complacent but I was always told that "necessity is the mother of invention" and where there is necessity, there tends to be an inventive solution.

Perhaps UK Plc has become too focused on the things it was good at; engineering, shipbuilding; service industry (including the financial sector) but now that these industries are dying away, necessity will once again give birth to invention?

]]> Comment on The value of ghost written commentary by Bruce http://www.adigaskell.org/blog/2009/11/16/the-value-of-ghost-written-commentary/comment-page-1/#comment-7784 Bruce Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:09:16 +0000 http://www.adigaskell.org/blog/?p=220#comment-7784 What gets my goat is that Obama was elected off the back of a huge effort on social media, giving people the perception that they had a say in things, an involvement in the political process. Now he proves that he's just as bad as every other politician. No integrity whatsoever, and the same goes for anyone that publishes something under their own name that is the work of another. What gets my goat is that Obama was elected off the back of a huge effort on social media, giving people the perception that they had a say in things, an involvement in the political process. Now he proves that he's just as bad as every other politician. No integrity whatsoever, and the same goes for anyone that publishes something under their own name that is the work of another.

]]> Comment on The value of ghost written commentary by Nicola Burger http://www.adigaskell.org/blog/2009/11/16/the-value-of-ghost-written-commentary/comment-page-1/#comment-7783 Nicola Burger Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:47:23 +0000 http://www.adigaskell.org/blog/?p=220#comment-7783 Funny you mention this on the same day as Nick Clegg calls for the Queens speech to be scrapped. Something tells me that she doesn't write that herself :) Funny you mention this on the same day as Nick Clegg calls for the Queens speech to be scrapped. Something tells me that she doesn't write that herself :)

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