I have learned that one should NEVER use a dishtowel as a potholder! It can touch the over burner element and catch on fire! As in big orange flames! And then one has to throw it in the sink and drown it with the faucet! And it’s really scary!
This is related to my dad’s instruction to “always use the right tool for the job”.
Learn from this!
“Live simply and take life more easily. Happiness lies in giving yourself time to think and to introspect. Be alone once in a while, and remain more in silence.”- Yogananda
from Meditation Society of Australia
Is this a cool idea or what? A new business colleague of mine ALWAYS wears a wild Hawiian shirt on the way home from business trips. The whole team changed into play clothes for the journey but this guy does it up. They say this way they can find him in the airport, but I think it’s a great way to say “off duty!”
I am watching someone I care about burn bridges and I am learning the value of playing nice!
But I am also learning that I can’t MAKE someone play nice. I can ask. I can ask nicely. *I* can play nice. But there is a limit to what I can do. And that is probably a bigger lesson. But a sadder one.
I have learned that my teachers are everywhere! Everywhere I look and even some of the places I’ve never looked, people are there to teach me!
Some are obvious. But some are where I would never look. An executive who wants to coach me. A difficult person at work, filled with lessons to be learned. Maybe even that strange person who sat next to me on the bus.
They abound!
Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes. – Henry David Thoreau
as quoted by Jim Freedman
I learned that if you have a wireless router within 3 feet of a cable modem phone, you can get interence that you don’t hear but the other people hear. Very unprofessional.
And I have learned that Comcast can reset the phone circuit to stop calls from dropping – three in one day! VERY unprofessional.
And I have learned that letting the phone company run phones is probably a good idea and I will probably go back to Verizon.
From Kathy W:
I just found out that Mom has four other favorite daughters.
From Susan O:
I’ve learned that napkins are no substitute for socks when you’re bowling!
From Lynn Ann:
I’ve learned that everything is not always about me – the truth is, everything is always about my sister.
Jane's Lessons Learned 