Well you guys probably do not remember, but I do remember how much hate I'd get (even Cesar!) in other communities because we do tend to be very silly and even though we worked very hard at it then (Cez still does, very very much), we can't take life so seriously 24/7. *Some* people don't really understand that. Or understand what I do or what matters to me, I guess but such is life.
But that sort of happens everywhere. I tend to come across as someone very silly online, in person I seem to be very intimidating and cold because I'm much more blunt, specially in my area which is business. But once you get to be around me for a while, you realize that even though I sometimes don't smile much, I do have a heart... somewhere lol, most of my employees are really close to me at some extent because I guess I'm a different kind of boss. I am a bit of a hardass but I am the kind of boss that if company payroll doesn't pay you on time, I will get money out of my pocket for you and your family do grocery shopping. It is sad to raise awareness that these situations do happen in large international companies at all. If you do make a mistake, I take off my coat and we sit down and fix it. If you have got an emergency just let me know and we work things out, as long as there's communication there is always a solution.
There are things I can get along with, like damage control? Ok, the corporate board lied their asses off and now there are branches on the edge of shuting down due to poor execution of higher management, ok they bring me in. That's ok, lots of work, lots of hate my way and it's fine (from costumers). Things get done, we save over +60 people jobs, that's a bunch of families that will have christmas meals this year.
There are many things I love: honesty, team players, creativity! I love it when people have got ideas, when they care, when they are there, when they want to BE part of things. That's great.
But there are things I just can't and will never get along, now I most certainly know... which are lying to people, scamming people, stealing from people. As long as my name is part of it I don't think I've got what it takes to be a snake, I guess.
I'd rather be me, that's all I can be anyways.
Maybe that makes it very limited when it comes to finding my niche again in the world? I don't know, fact is knowing what NOT to do sure as heck gives you quite the perspective in life. Not just work.
