by admin | Nov 19, 2018 | Working Daze
Like most professionals, I have a LinkedIn account. It’s Facebook for the working class, a chance to network, share insights, and perhaps even find new work if you’re in the market. For some, it’s also a place to strut like a peacock. This seems to...
by admin | Aug 7, 2017 | Working Daze
A couple days ago I was talking to a coworker about lost opportunities. I was telling a story about the fantastic, often crazy ideas, I would come up with for trade show exhibits. This included the cruise ship I thought up once, a 20’x40′ deck of a ship,...
by admin | May 1, 2017 | Working Daze
There’s both a good side and down side to being on your own for a long time. When it comes to working, I have been pretty much working nonstop for my entire career. I’ve had only one break in service, that being three months that I purposely took off...
by admin | Mar 2, 2015 | Working Daze
My career path has been amazingly compressed. The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that the average worker will have seven different careers in their lives. I’ve had three. You see, I never held a job when I was in high school. My mom wouldn’t let me,...
by admin | Jan 13, 2014 | Working Daze
There was a time when luggage was made in the United States. In fact, the last of the great luggage manufacturers was right here in Seattle, turning out luggage for more than a century. If you’ve ever had a piece of Skyway Luggage then you know of this legendary...
by admin | Apr 15, 2013 | Working Daze
Part of my duties in my new role in the state is to design the various exhibits we do overseas to promote Washington as a great place to do business. In many respects life has come full circle, since that’s what I used to do when I was in the corporate world...
by admin | Nov 26, 2012 | Working Daze
I have only done the walk of shame once. I know how unpleasant it can be and it’s not exactly something I want to do again. I suppose it was only made more embarrassing because it was entirely unexpected. I thought things were going great. We were getting along,...
by admin | Nov 2, 2012 | Working Daze
It’s been a little over six months since packed it all in and up and moved back to Seattle. And it’s been a little bit more than six months since I started by job with the state. So, I thought I’d take a moment to talk about what I do, a “state...
by admin | Oct 24, 2012 | Working Daze
Yes, you read right. My child, my spawn, is on my sh** list right now. No, it’s not because of the money I have ended up owing the IRS over the years. It’s all paid up (as far as I know). Sometimes my baby makes more money than I think it does and I...
by admin | Aug 23, 2012 | Working Daze
My very first boss in communications was Annette. I both loved and loathed her at the same time. She was a brilliant writer who thought she could write circles around me. She could at the beginning, but it wasn’t long before I was turning circles around her....
