Carly Fiorina's commencement speech
It's tough being a corporate whore, especially in a line where being bitchy is almost a prerequisite. Carly's recent speech provides quite a bit of insight into the corporate whore mindset, and I do mean this in a good way. Read it - it will bring you comfort. I've come to terms with myself and the choices I've made. Some people cannot understand why I decided on an obviously less comfortable and convenient path but to me, certain hygiene factors are less important than fulfilling the ideals I have.
It's not only at work that I've made controversial choices. I feel that I often have to defend myself - why did I do such an impractical bachelors degree? why did I quit this/that/the other job so quickly? why do I make myself so exhausted doing impractical things like writing and gaming? why don't I actively seek a more comfortable and more stable life?
It's really hard to explain why I do these things to people who can't see the values that I do, who cannot place the same amount of emphasis on things that I cherish, who think that I'm flippant, impractical and unstable. I have good reasons for doing many things I do - not that many people appreciate these reasons but see it as foolishness. Perhaps it is my flaw but at the end of the day, at the end of my life, I only have to account to myself. Sure there are times I'm plagued with doubts and resenting myself for making things so hard for myself - why can't I just be stable and constant and stick it out? why am I so restless? why aren't I using my energies for practical purposes? Why? Because I hate to do things I hate to do.
Back to Carly. Yes she's the corp whore we love to hate - I'm sure people in HP can attest to that. And if being true to yourself is equivalent to being a megabich, well, tough!
Thanks to LC for sending me the speech - she's one of the nicest bosses I've had the privilege of working for!
( T-57)
It's tough being a corporate whore, especially in a line where being bitchy is almost a prerequisite. Carly's recent speech provides quite a bit of insight into the corporate whore mindset, and I do mean this in a good way. Read it - it will bring you comfort. I've come to terms with myself and the choices I've made. Some people cannot understand why I decided on an obviously less comfortable and convenient path but to me, certain hygiene factors are less important than fulfilling the ideals I have.
It's not only at work that I've made controversial choices. I feel that I often have to defend myself - why did I do such an impractical bachelors degree? why did I quit this/that/the other job so quickly? why do I make myself so exhausted doing impractical things like writing and gaming? why don't I actively seek a more comfortable and more stable life?
It's really hard to explain why I do these things to people who can't see the values that I do, who cannot place the same amount of emphasis on things that I cherish, who think that I'm flippant, impractical and unstable. I have good reasons for doing many things I do - not that many people appreciate these reasons but see it as foolishness. Perhaps it is my flaw but at the end of the day, at the end of my life, I only have to account to myself. Sure there are times I'm plagued with doubts and resenting myself for making things so hard for myself - why can't I just be stable and constant and stick it out? why am I so restless? why aren't I using my energies for practical purposes? Why? Because I hate to do things I hate to do.
Back to Carly. Yes she's the corp whore we love to hate - I'm sure people in HP can attest to that. And if being true to yourself is equivalent to being a megabich, well, tough!
Thanks to LC for sending me the speech - she's one of the nicest bosses I've had the privilege of working for!
( T-57)
We are who we are. Everyone is entitled to their own perogative to doing things their way as long as it doesn't kill anyone.
Smile more helps.
(^_^)
Posted by
kenwong37 |
Tuesday, May 24, 2005 9:22:00 AM
Oh yes I'm smiling more cos things are going my way...for now ;)
nice blog by the way! glad you've kept a cute pet there too!!
Posted by
Unknown |
Tuesday, May 24, 2005 10:47:00 PM
Good to hear that. *wink + grins*
Haha... I started blogging partly due to finding out your blog site and after some goading from my students who have their own blogs.
Your poutykat is cute too. Didn't know that the pets were interactive till I moused over.
Here is a pic of my first hamster (past away last year.)
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y228/ken_wong37/hamster_mao_mao.jpg
Posted by
kenwong37 |
Wednesday, May 25, 2005 6:18:00 PM