Random thoughts on life
Bezos is known for creating an adversarial environment at Amazon, as well as insulting and verbally abusing his employees
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[Bill] Gates met regularly with Microsoft’s senior managers and program managers, and the managers described him as being verbally combative. Gates has been accused of bullying Microsoft employees.
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And Elon Musk and Steve Jobs? Do we need to say more.
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If I could wrap my planning for WCEU 2023 into one word it would be “chaotic”. And when it comes to travel, that’s not normally what I’m like.
The last couple of months have been hard – physically and mentally. And, as a result, I’d put WCEU to one side and, as a result, I didn’t do a lot of things I should have. Thankfully, my people network, and a lot of luck, got me through.
Which was lucky, as I wasn’t just attending, but speaking.
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There are many takeaways from The Fiddler on the Roof, but I came away with an unexpected extra one – a perspective that only I was going to have.
And that was about begging.
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No, not a DIY post about how I fixed a rogue tile, but the fact that I’ve recently finished an amateur run of Fiddler on the Roof – my first show for 5 years.
Let’s just say, it went well.
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After loosing a lot of weight a few years back and, thanks to my advancing years too, my hands became more visibility aged – loose skin and age spots appearing. This is on top of the fact that I already suffer from dry skin.
As a result, for a number of years, I’ve been using hand cream twice a day to try and get them in better shape.
This is my first review, and is for the Dove Pro Age.
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