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In my book, that makes you a good manager. I get the feeling in some companies, the managers have been so paralysed by an excessively influential human resources department that I can't even get useful feed back from my managers in private. That leaves me "just guessing" as to what I need to keep doing and what I need to change or improve.

I think it might be more true of the larger American companies where a lawsuit from a member of staff could get very expensive very quickly. Not sure but I can't say it's something I care for if I'm interested in doing something better.

As promised, I've lost interest. No longer tracking. Nice chatting y'all! Hope to catch you around.

It's really not about that, its more about..how good of a friend I could be with so many. Also, threads have been started about just about everything I can think of here, so why not something everyone deals with.

I reckon it's all okay, no matter how many, as long it stays a positive connection, which unfortuantely, it doesn't always.  (as a few of you have witnessed).  I don't even know why I removed some that I have, except for feeling like I should, possibly, because I have had so many in the past, that I try now to place more value on my family first, and play games with who ever comes my way.  Perhaps dealing with very difficult people has been so exhausting over the years, it's easier to just have a few.

Anyway, no matter what, I know this is a great place to meet alot of wonderful people, and  to play a few games of chess with them.  :)  I wish you all the best.

According to Bruce Lee:

"Relationship is understanding.  It is a process of self-revelation.  Relationship is the mirror in which you discover yourself--to be is to be related."

Bruce may not have been the first to say this, however he is the man I got the quote from.

Interesting, Spartanemesis...not sure how much weight I put on his "words", but they do come with a punch. :D  

im here to play chess not make friends ....... im going to do anything to help my game get better having chess pals only distracts my goal to be a better player so if u want to be my friend meet me in person not here !

ok folks, how 'bout this for a good reason for putting ppl on a friends list :

The main reason i do it is simply because i want to know which ppl out there are ligit players and don't log off when they get a lost position (and leave me hanging there for two minutes while they gleefully laugh at me for having my time wasted and my patience tested. These jokers who do this are always non-members and freeloaders. The main thing is that chess.com needs to shorten the log off time from two minutes to 30 seconds--at least for non-members. This point needs to be addressed and i will bring it up in another forum blogspot.