Someone thoughtfully slipped in a T-shirt with the slogan "the power to go the distance", in an attempt, i imagine, to encourage me to "go the distance". It was promptly placed at the very back of my closet, designated for wear on laundry days. (no one ever questions what you wear at the laundromat. Since everyone is washing their "nicer clothes", it is perfectly understandable and acceptable to wear strange garments to that place, provided that you don't offend someone's sense of modesty. )
I've never found out who the T-Shirt came from, and I'd certainly not want to hurt anyone by rejecting their kind and loving intentions. The unintended banishment was not carried out without reason:
1- The shade of colour for the t-shirt was a yucky blue. I like blue, but there are limits to what i can accept.
2- I'm not the type who like flashy slogan on my t-shirts. I'm not a walking billboard, for goodness sake, and I'm not about to do free advertisement for any brand (or slogan, for that matter)
3- I fail to see how wearing that t-shirt would help me succeed. Call me a pessimist if you will, but i think the chances of failure does not decrease, even with the help of power-shirt there.
I'm now on Day 1 of a new company re-org. The usual hot-air, or "blah" as we fondly call it, has been sent around to all employees, with rose-tinted futures and great promises.
reading through the mails circulated around, i can't help but to think that "blah" is not exclusively reserved for politicians. Company CEOs, senior management and PR departments are quite adept at releasing it too. and from all indications, you need "blah" (lots of it) to convince people that the future is "it".
so ladies, gentlemen and the spooks out there reading this post, please allow me to suggest a new version of the slogan (as indicated in my blog post) -
Have the BLAH to go the distance!
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