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Tuesday, September 17, 2002Once upon a time, I worked for a start-up that was really big on "Team Building Exercises." I hated every minute that I worked at that place. It's one thing to help jell a team by coordinating group social activities, quite another to force a team to socialize by trapping them all in a conference room and making them answer stupid questions taken from a lame book written by a "Team Building Consultant."
At least they got us good lunches...
Anyhow. During one such session I was asked what my most valuable trait was, followed up by my biggest flaw. My answer to both was that I take things personally. It drives me to do my best, but sometimes it puts a strain on relationships.
I'm reminded of all this as Dave Winer adds Monsters to the RSS 2.0 Philosophy. It's couter-productive, the flawed way of taking things personally. Take a deep breath and let it go.
