Working Up

by Dwayne Phillips

Sorry, the title of this post is true.

Several years ago, I managed a West Coast project from the East Coast. Every day I would send several faxes to the other coast to ask and answer questions. (I wrote that this was several years ago and faxes were the best means of written communication.)

On the header of every page of every fax was the title of this post. It emphasized that we were attempting something quite difficult. We all needed to focus and forgive.

Focus: what is the other person trying to convey? No quick glances.

Forgive: perhaps they misunderstood my intent. No blame.

There is nothing wrong with the persons on the other coast. There is nothing wrong with the persons on this coast. We are all working against something that plagues us all.