Dan Nuroo's Blog – March 2009 Archive (6)

Pie night clarity

Wow... what a night.

A night of mayhem, madness, excitement, order and anarchy, and let's not forget, pride and fun and smiles.

That was my night tonight. I attended my son's first football club meeting, in the form of a jumper presentation and pie night (A great Aussie tradition). It was Zach's first involvement in a footy club, and his excitement all… Continue

Added by Dan Nuroo on March 29, 2009 at 6:13pm — No Comments

Lessons from an "evil" boss

Working in the HR arena is tough! Especially in bad times. Who likes sitting across the desk from someone explaining to them that as of now your livelihood has been taken away. (I have only met person ((and catbert)) in my career who… Continue

Added by Dan Nuroo on March 22, 2009 at 8:43am — 1 Comment

Sunshine from the rain

I was getting depressed earlier this week. Things were getting tough at work, the recession was knocking on the door, I had a proper look at my taxes coming due, I was tired and I read a few disturbing articles.

One, I must say I was pretty late on. It was an article from November which reported on the fact that an employee in Sydney for global giant EDS… Continue

Added by Dan Nuroo on March 18, 2009 at 9:16am — 1 Comment

The Thumper Principle morphed into The Gambler edict

"If you can't say somfin nice... don't say nufin at all"

Phew, what a week... I had to really battle hard to ensure I kept the "Thumper Principle" in check. I really do prefer to live by this... I rarely react well emotionally, and tend to go over the top and embarrass myself when hindsight kicks in.

That said, I have this week so far self censored out 2 blog posts, 5 forum responses and 9 emails. By… Continue

Added by Dan Nuroo on March 14, 2009 at 7:59am — 2 Comments

When is the time of your career?

I remember growing up wanting to be like my heroes on the sporting field, I wanted to play AFL footy for Carlton, and of course play cricket for Australia, unfortunately I learned quite early I lacked one important ingredient to be successful in these fields.. Talent.

There was always hope though of course growing up, if I could practice that little bit more,… Continue

Added by Dan Nuroo on March 9, 2009 at 9:26am — 2 Comments

So much to do... so little time.

Hands up all those who feel this.... go on... I know you want to, or have wanted to in the past.

I have a problem.... which I am a little embarrassed to write about. For goodness sake I am a grown man, I should be able to work this stuff out.

My TO DO List has stretched amazingly, I swear when I left it the other day it was fine, quite happy swimming along, not a care in the world. Now, sitting here very late Friday night,… Continue

Added by Dan Nuroo on March 2, 2009 at 7:37am — 6 Comments