BTB: A New New Year's resolution: WWHD

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A New New Year's resolution: WWHD Posted: 04 Jan 2011 12:30 PM PST Everything that goes into my mouth seems to make me fat, everything that comes out of my mouth embarrasses me. --Gabriel Garcia Marquez Hey Gabe, I hear ya. At the end of this year I committed a social gaffe that trumps anything I've done in recent memory. Of course it was something I said, and the irony is that my mis-statement --which was outright offensive to the people who heard it -- conveyed the opposite of what I feel about the folks I offended. My blathering attempts to "fix" things made the whole situation worse. Oh, and the coup de grace --  it happened at work.  I lost sleep over it. I fretted. Finally a friend reminded me that "You can't unring a bell." I still feel ill about what happened, but it's time to start thinking forward. My New New Year's Resolution Harv and I don't talk much -- in fact we don't really talk at all. Harv doesn't talk; he is polite, he's patient; he's agreeable; and on the rare occasion he gets mad, you can be sure it's righteous anger :-).  In this respect Harv has some wisdom to offer. I cleaned up my office and moved a photo of Harv near my computer screen. My New Year's Resolution: Before any decision, any statement, any action, I will ask  "What would Harvey do?" This could really help. I hope I do better this year, I can scarcely do worse.

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