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Subject:RE: Increasing your corporate value (long) From:"Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- granatedit -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Tue, 7 Jun 2005 02:55:26 -0400
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Posada [mailto:jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com]
> Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 7:55 PM
> To: Bonnie Granat; TECHWR-L
> Subject: RE: Increasing your corporate value (long)
>
> --- Bonnie Granat <bgranat -at- granatedit -dot- com> wrote:
> > Scientists and physicians who study stress and more serious
> > conditions such as anxiety disagree. Read the literature for
> > details.
>
> Well...that's a cool way of saying "Trust me."
>
That's not, of course, what I am saying. I'm saying "find out what
people who study stress are saying."
> > Time away from stressful conditions is essential -- not
optional --
> > for health and well-being.
>
> That's fine. Take a vacation. Most managers are in the 5+ weeks a
> year category anyway...that's a week every other month, now tie
in
> the X days a year personal holidays.
>
None of this actually helps your argument because your initial
premise is flawed.
> However, don't cloak a vacation under the veil of something
> else...call it what it is...why not? Afraid it will look bad? I
> wonder why. When someone says "I'm going to a professional
conference
> in Maui...does anyone not know what's going on?
>
As the research shows, mixing work and play are good for the body
and the soul. There's not a thing in the world wrong with it.
> Scheduling a conference, where you are going to learn
something..as
> long as it revolves around tee time/court time does not cover
> learning.... that's not business...that's waiting for something
to do
> between.
>
Maybe not your idea of business, but how many corporations do you
run? How extensively have you studied human motivation?
> OTOH, if it is in Maui, or wherever, and the event is scheduled
and
> attended 8 hours a day, you have my appologies.
>
Don't forget the 9 pm curfew, now! ; )
Bonnie Granat | www.GranatEdit.com
bgranat -at- granatedit -dot- com
Cambridge, Massachusetts, US
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