At,
Good to hear from you again! As usual your post sent me into a
"moonage daydream" as a colleague puts it (this is a good thing). I
think that there is one thing missing from your post however. It fails
to take into account the derivation of "ignorance is bliss". We must
not forget that there are many people in the world who have no desire
to change, learn, or 'emerge'. By and large, the respondents to this
list do not fall into that category, but I have worked with people who
spend more energy fighting change than it would take to try the change
and reject it if it was found not to work.
Happiness is extremely subjective. While some people are happy with a
rote mundane task, I would rather tap dance on a street corner for
spare change. I need a constant intellectual challenge, while others
would rather sit in front of the television, beer in one hand, remote
in the other.
Variety _is_ a key factor to my satisfaction at work, and I am
fortunate enough to work in an environment where variety and change
are the status quo.
"I am what I am and that's all that I am" - popeye
JHC
P.S. how's the book coming?
--JAMES_H_CARRINGTON@HP-Chelmsford-om1.om.hp.com
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