Fw: [LTPC-disc] {*URGENT*} - LTPC: Lies, Lies and more Lies...

[Doug Burg]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Jpzank@aol.com>
To: ""Doug Burg"" <doug.burg@wdn.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2003 9:45 PM
Subject: Re: [LTPC-disc] {*URGENT*} - LTPC: Lies, Lies and more Lies...


> DOUG - please forward to the entire group of Alums.
>
> THANKS!  James Zanker here.  Many of you on this list have wondered about
"where has Zank disappeared to?"  Well, I have been around.  And while I
have been around, I have been paying particular attention to the "going
on's."  I want to tell you a story.  Please read it ... completely.
>
>
> I once knew a fella who had landed a job that he really didn't deserve.
He was poorly-prepared for the position, but was given the job anyway.  For
nine years he worked his butt off and performed very well.  He became
well-known in his community and well-respected.  But then he messed up and
his position was taken away from him.  Many in the community felt his
dismissal was unfair, others felt his dismissal was warranted.  In any
event, HE felt he had been treated unfairly and HE threw not one, not two,
not ten, but continuous fits and tantrums for over one year.  Did it gain
him ANYTHING?  Nothing.  Eventually, even the members of the community who
initially felt he was dealt a poor hand began to tire of him -- perhaps -
even be embarrassed by him.
>
> This fella rebounded a few years later and got ANOTHER job that he really
didn't deserve and was certainly ill-prepared to perform.  But he was given
the opportunity to work hard and found incredible success.  He, with much
help and mentoring from other friends in the organization, reached levels he
nor anyone else felt were possible for him.  He was on "top-of-the-world."
>
> But then HE didn't screw up, but the "organization" messed up.  They just
didn't make very good decisions and what once was good went to pot.  But the
fella still was very thankful for the opportunity, and decided that even
though again he had been dealt a poor hand, he WOULD NOT burn all his
bridges.  He wanted to walk away with pride and gratefulness for all he had
been given.
>
>
> NOW, that is NOT to say that the fella is ready to lay down and be stepped
all over.  HE ISN'T -- But, let's all keep our HEADS and our TEMPERS and our
SENSES and act like total professionals.
>
> For any of you who might have been wondering, that is what 'ole ZANK has
been up to...
>