Are You the Go-To Person?

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When I read this, I thought I must have written it myself while asleep. Perfect timing for me while feeling overworked and underappreciated and a performance evaluation coming up soon.

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It's important to champion the "go-to" people. The unsung heroes of every organization. The doers! The achievers! The folks Ayn Rand wrote about so eloquently ... Being a go-to person, I barely have time to read these e-newsletters ... and while I ABSOLUTELY agree with everything Ms. DeGiglio says (I think she's probably been watching me work), and while I have thought some of the very things that bother me ... her style of writing so bothers me that I had to take time to respond. I wish she would refrain from the base language references. I actually noticed this in the last article but it didn't apply to me so I didn't respond. Hmmm, as I write this .. I think I recognize myself much too closely in her words ... You go girl! Oops .. the line is forming again outside my door ... gotta run ...

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I'm a go-to person and my desk is always neat and tidy. All my work is organized into folders so when I am finished working on one I fold it up and go on to the next one. Without organization you get far less done. A person with a messy desk and piles of papers spends half thier time searching thru thier piles.

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r_fike wrote: "... Without organization you get far less done. ..." You need to read this. Cheers! Hans

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Actually those of us with messy desks know exactly where everything is. On our desk! Seriously, though, if you ever take a myers-briggs personality test, you will find that some of us are messy-deskers because of what we are. I took one once, and the tester asked "is anyone this type (INTP) - I said yes, and he said, "Let's see. Your desk is a mess, but you know where everything is. You hate meetings, you don't care if you're 10 minutes late to work, etc..etc...etc.. Has nothing to do with being a go-to person. I can multitask with the best of them, throwing out solutions for one problem while listening to the next 10 problems. Has more to do with being the type of person who soaks up information for later use.

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You might be a real "go-to guy", but I've seen some guys that let it get them arrogant. And pride goeth before a fall. Like your reference to Ayn Rand. She fell prey to the pride and oozed out her bitter vitriol about God so much it reminds one of Hitler, who only wanted the self-reliant to live. Truth is it takes all kinds, and part of your own role as a go-to guy is to help others, and the reason you like giving up your time and helping others is that it has its own satisfaction. And that's the truly objective truth. Thanks for listening -Alan

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Like I always say, me and Einstein!

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I've always held the understanding that multitasking was for computers and not people. For people, multitasking wastes time and is much less productive. Multitasking is not having more than one project in process, nor is it being interrupted to answer the phone while working on code. But, if you are the person who continues to code while talking on the phone, or, perhaps driving while on the phone, you are not giving the attention either one requires. Mistakes will happen and it will be more costly. Here's a couple of links that describe why multitasking is less productive and more costly. http://www.apa.org/releases/multitasking.html http://archives.cnn.com/2001/CAREER/...udy/index.html Remember this word of advice from the MASH character Charles Emerson Winchester, the Third, (be sure to say this using your most arrogant, posh, Boston accent) "I do one thing, I do it very well and then I move on." Tom.

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Dave, That's a good point about multitasking as being unavoidable sometimes. I try to keep it under control by explaining to the too-easily offended parties that they are better off if I can give their problem much-deserved undivided attention. I especially dislike someone who tries to interrupt me when I'm on the phone. The arm-waving, throat-clearing, and general erratic movements make me ignore them even more. Tom.

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cfuture: "emka717: you flatter yourself too much" One's view of reality is always skewed by one's own vantage point. There's a lot to be said for personal responsibility and that includes remembering that one should consider putting oneself in another's shoes before criticizing.