A "Not so Funny" April Fool's Prank

My colleagues spotted this "obstacle" on my car after lunch today. I wasn't there, but they helped me to remove it (thanks guys!)



I parked in the open-air office car park. However, I made the mistake of NOT parking in a designated lot. So I may have blocked a car. But I'm pretty sure there was ample space for the cars around me to move in and out. The place is manned by security guards, so I'm not sure how the culprits got away.

To the *evil* people / person that did this: shame on you!

Lessons learned: Trust no one. Park properly.

The Real Secret of Thoroughly Excellent Companies

Peter Bregman on The Real Secret of Thoroughly Excellent Companies:

Trust is as simple as following through on your commitments. Every sales person knows the way to make a quick sale is to develop quick trust. A good sales person will send you an article with a little note saying it made her think of you. That builds a relationship.

But a great sales person will call you to tell you she saw an article that made her think of you and promise to send it to you. Then she'll send it. That builds trust.

Great sales people create an opportunity to fulfill a commitment -- even when one doesn't naturally exist -- and then fulfill it. Like Issy Sharp's promise to visit Michael in Toronto.

Long meetings. Short fuse.

I don't like *it*. Those long sessions that drag past office hours. I just endured 2.5 hours.

How do you avoid it? (when you're not the boss?)

Monday Madness

It's another 5-day week, and it's showing the signs of becoming a mad one! Crazy stuff on my plate.



How's yours?

*p/s: Melissa got that freaky egg with her nasi lemak over dinner at Six to Ten, (Section 17, PJ)