People are funny

Today, we had a visiting dignitary in our office. He is very (very very) smart, well spoken, confident, fair and strategic. A group of coworkers spent the day introducing him to our world and things we are doing here -- some cool things, some challenging things... our things.

We have an amazing group of high-achievers here and I'm lucky to work with them and be included with them on projects. It was a good day and I think we looked really good as an organization.

It is a funny thing, though. When you get a bunch of high-achieving individuals in front of someone who can play a big part in your career, some of them start acting differently.
Goofy. Sycophantic. Land-grabby. Pompous.

These people are imposters.
These people are snivelers; lapdog backscratching, footlicking apple-polishers.
These people tire me.
These people piss me off.

I guess it is a fact of life that people act that way. Maybe they think that they have to act that way to get ahead. Maybe that is the only way to get ahead. Something to think about, I guess. (pause) Okay, I got that out of the way.

I'll write more about this, I'm sure. (or at least edit it)

I like people that are honest -- people that show their cards and speak frankly.
I like people that give credit where credit is due and are gracious when credit is due them.
Luckily I work with people like that. Even more luckily -- most of the people I work with are like that.

So, I guess it was a good day. I hope you have a good day, as well. More soon.