Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Best Practice Number Four - Work Smarter, Not Harder (The Parable)

Unregistered Carriers on 12/21/2009 - 1382
Unregistered Carriers on 12/22/2009 - 1357

Illinois - 93.69%
Maine - 93.22%

Once upon a time, in an obscure agency somewhere in the Midwest, toiled a lady named Kayleen. Kayleen worked for a kind and benevolent manager named Dane. Dane was known to be a patient man, for he put up with frequent bouts of whining and sniveling from Kayleen (primarily because other help was hard to find). One day, Kayleen, in her aforementioned sniveling tone, complained to the benevolent Dane that her work was slowly overwhelming her. To her total surprise, Dane did not retort, "Perhaps if you stopped talking on your cell phone and worked a little harder, your workload might become more manageable!" (although he would undoubtedly have been justified in doing so). Instead, Dane demonstrated his vast wisdom by simply saying, "We must learn to work smarter." "Work smarter?" asked Kayleen. "I only know how to work harder." "Yes", replied Dane. "That is why I am the boss!"

What secret knowledge did the wise Dane possess that completely eluded the fair - but somewhat "challenged" - Lady Kayleen?

Tune in tomorrow for an analysis of this great and important parable ....

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