Unless you have operated a small business, you probably cannot truly
appreciate just how much can fall on one person's shoulders. It is not lack
of planning, it is lack of resources.

If I were a nastier guy like Ralph, I might be inclined to suggest that a
guy who works for a government agency may not fully appreciate these
concerns, particularly if he's working in one of those offices where there
are 5 people hired to do one person's job and none of them seems to be
interested in doing it.

But then I'm not that nasty guy. I know better. One of the most durable
small businessman you could ever meet, a farmer, once told me that the only
business that's easier than the one you're in is the one you don't know
enough about.

Mike E.
---------- Original Message -----------
From: "Becker, Dan" <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 21:54:31 -0400
Subject: Re: contracts & contractors

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Gabriel Orgrease [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 9:34 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: contracts & contractors
> >
> >
> > Crisis of the day? I'm solid in the Stephen Covey vein that I
> > only intend to accept the crisis that I choose to accept.
>
> Why can't I get people to docily accept the wisdom of my mantra for
> crises that are visited upon me, and just go away quietly and sheepishly
> with their tails between their legs:
>
> "A failure to plan on your part does not constitute a crisis on mine."
>
> _______________________________________________________
> Dan Becker,  Exec. Dir.   "The workman ought often to
> Raleigh Historic           be thinking, and the thinker
> Districts Commission       often to be working."
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