Re: Not sure I agree with this

[Alec Chakenov <alec -dot- chakenov -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Sometimes it gets funny, when a reviewer (an SME) of a document that was
prepared by someone else, who recently quit the company, asks you - "What
did you mean by that?". I don't know what to say because I didn't write it,
and this might be stressful.


2013/11/13 Dan Goldstein <DGoldstein -at- cytomedix -dot- com>

> No, that's not stress, because it's an external phenomenon. Stress is how
> you handle external phenomena internally. When I describe an event as
> "stressful," I'm actually describing myself and not the event.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Neilson
> Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 12:03 PM
> To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Subject: Re: Not sure I agree with this
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> "... people who don't like stress ..."
>
> Is it somehow not stress when the SME for your doc update tells you,
> "Sorry, I not allowed to talk to you any more. I'm on another project now.
> You'll have to get your info from Joe Newguy," and Joe knows nothing about
> the project except what he's been reading in the existing version that
> you're trying to rewrite?
>
>
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