RE: Convincing others of your value (was: Metrics in its own thread)

["Leonard C. Porrello" <Leonard -dot- Porrello -at- SoleraTec -dot- com>]

Thanks Madelyn. No challenge was intended! I asked simply in the hope of
gleaning some wisdom from your experience. And I haven't been
disappointed. This is the gem I was hoping for:

"I had what my then boss liked to refer to as 'a clear vision on the
matter,' and others ran with it. They kept coming back to me to talk
about each part...."

Leonard

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Subject: RE: Convincing others of your value (was: Metrics in its own
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Leonard C. Porrello challenged me to a duel with:
>I'd love to hear specifics about how you and 
>the other TWs contributed.

I know that when we started talking about the needs of our space
station, a conversation that had to happen in about 5 minutes, I had
what my then boss liked to refer to as "a clear vision on the matter,"
and others ran with it. They kept coming back to me to talk about each
part (deflector shield, docking bay, inverse tachyon chamber, space
guns... I don't know, I'm making this up now, but I was making it up
then, too. What do I know from space stations?).  

Why do you ask?

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