Two Self-Defeating Habits of Otherwise Brilliant People
...from O Magazine, September 2006

According to author Anna Maravelas (How to Reduce Workplace Conflict and Stress), people are enraged in this day and age with the result that they blame others (BO) or blame self (BS). The solution is BIBS, or baby in the back seat, which refers to a story about a woman in traffic who sitting at a light. When the light turns green, she doesn't go. Instead she gets out of her car, opens her back door and starts digging around. The other drivers are ticked off and start honking their horns. They blame her for keeping them from their appointments and they blame themselves for having taking the route their on, but the reality is that the woman's baby was choking. Thus the acronym BIBS.

The point is that when you get frustrated with someone and you don't understand what their deal is, there may be a good reason for their non-compliance.

Something to keep in mind when you feel like people are slowing you down.

Les Misérables
from Computerworld, February 4, 2008, page 37

The "three signs of a miserable job," according to author Patrick Lencioni in his book of that name:

Anonymity: The feeling that your manager has little interest in you as a human being and knows little about your life, aspirations and interests.

Irrelevance: The feeling that your job doesn't make a difference in the lives of others.

Immeasurement: The feeling that you cannot assess for yourself your contributions or success and that your manager is of little help.

[Note: Immeasurement is not a word. -- Danny]