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Subject:Re: Yahoo has no staff tech writers From:"Bruce Wolf" <bwolf -at- scheidt-bachmann-usa -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 10 Oct 2002 13:37:25 -0400
"A Christmas Carol" ?
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From: "Tom Murrell" <trmurrell -at- yahoo -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 1:21 PM
Subject: Re: Yahoo has no staff tech writers
>
> I think there is a logical flaw or disconnect in the above. Andrew may be
a theory x
> manager in a theory y industry (or universe, for that matter), but I doubt
he's
> dismissed Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs as drivel. Andrew represents
Andrew's
> hierarchy of needs. Someone else's needs are immaterial to someone like
that. He's
> only interested in satisfying his needs.
>
> And what's the problem with that? Life is not fair. Andrew's point of
view,
> regardless of how you or I personally feel about it, is hardly unique.
Being
> self-centered works for an awful lot of people. Insisting that all the
focus be on
> the good of the business, without regard for the good of the individuals
who make up
> that business is as old a business itself, probably older.
>
> Say what you will, in a world that has its share of hypocrisy , no one can
say they
> don't know where Andrew stands or what is important to him. I would bet
anything
> that he's working his way right up the pyramid of needs.
>
> =====
> Tom Murrell
>mailto:tmurrell -at- columbus -dot- rr -dot- com
>http://home.columbus.rr.com/murrell/index.html Last Updated 08/30/02
>
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