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T D · 12-09-2010, 02:26 AM

When I was 20 years old I had a boss who occasionally made mistakes and took full responsibility for them. Not only did he do this, but he would also ask for help from he rest of us in resolving the problem. I worked in what was then called "Data Processing". It was the early 70's, and information entered into the computer was punched into cards that were then run through a card reader to create a computer file for processing. It's hard to believe that this was almost 40 years ago.

At any rate, what I learned from this man is that it's ok to make mistakes. It's ok to admit our mistakes and take responsibility for them, and it's ok to ask for help in order to get them straightened out. To this day I still think about him when I'm in certain areas, such as last weekend when I drove through the town I worked in at the time on my way to somewhere else.

12-09-2010, 02:26 AM	#11
T D Member How Do You Identify?: Person of the trans variety Preferred Pronoun?: He, Sir, Bro, TD, Stevin Relationship Status: On occasion Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: SF Bay Area Posts: 1,165 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,428 Thanked 1,125 Times in 311 Posts Rep Power: 3570339	When I was 20 years old I had a boss who occasionally made mistakes and took full responsibility for them. Not only did he do this, but he would also ask for help from he rest of us in resolving the problem. I worked in what was then called "Data Processing". It was the early 70's, and information entered into the computer was punched into cards that were then run through a card reader to create a computer file for processing. It's hard to believe that this was almost 40 years ago. At any rate, what I learned from this man is that it's ok to make mistakes. It's ok to admit our mistakes and take responsibility for them, and it's ok to ask for help in order to get them straightened out. To this day I still think about him when I'm in certain areas, such as last weekend when I drove through the town I worked in at the time on my way to somewhere else. __________________ “Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”