Nice to have a couple of comments to spurn me on to write a bit – thanks, Mom, and a big thanks to Jason and Karen for being wonderful hosts in Germany. We had a terrific visit while we were there.
Off to the doctor tomorrow to see if I actually did anything beyond badly bruising my right foot coming down the stairs. See, normally, you walk on the soles of your feet. As I got to the bottom of the stairs, however, my right foot – throwing off the shackles of this narrow-minded view – decided to curl under me and try this upside-down. I put all my weight somehow on the *top* of my right foot, yielding a shout from me and a few snaps/pops from my foot. Whether that was simply joints popping or worse, I don’t know. At the moment, I’m going with badly bruised, although it’s felt progressively worse through the evening. Off to the doctor tomorrow, then – watch this space.
I’ve recently started reading Machiavelli’s The Prince lately. (Sidenote – there’s nothing quite like mulling over maintaining control of a conquered state with CMT’s Trick My Truck in the background. Try it sometime.) It’s still pretty early going, as it’s not exactly a quick read, but there’s a lot of good stuff in there so far. I expected based on reputation to read more about abject punishment of the masses, but it’s not that – although he does objectify the common population, he focuses more on manipulation rather than destruction. It’s like early spin doctoring. Which means there is a lot we can pull out from his text and apply to modern corporate life.
Of course, that idea isn’t really more formed than that right now. That’s partly why I blog less frequently now – so many ideas are only 3/4 formed.
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Okay…first OUCH!! Even if it is only twisted or mildly sprained that can sometimes even be worse than a break when it’s your ankle. They always seem to take forever to heal!!
Second – we have covered The Prince in many of my MGT courses, but I still have yet to read the book itsself. Machiavellism, though, is always a topic that comes up when discussing different mgmt techniques. I’ll have to be sure to read your follow-up post after you’ve finished the book.
Ooh, ouch, I can visualize exactly what you did Mike because I have done the same but without the damage you seemed to have done. Hope it heals quickly Mike!!
Sorry about your toe!
Hope it heals very, very quickly.
The Prince. Where did you hear about it?
..and now it’s september…