Comments on: Layoffs Suck http://delputnam.com/2009/12/layoffs-suck/ thoughts from the corner office Tue, 04 May 2010 16:42:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Del Putnam http://delputnam.com/2009/12/layoffs-suck/comment-page-1/#comment-96 Del Putnam Wed, 07 Apr 2010 18:29:10 +0000 http://delputnam.com/?p=586#comment-96 Thanks so much for he kind words, Chris. I like the thought of framing your work in terms of something outside yourself, but not for a person or some specific entity. It is very freeing to think of things like that. It's an honor to be called a "hilarious geek" by a famous author :-) Thanks again. Thanks so much for he kind words, Chris. I like the thought of framing your work in terms of something outside yourself, but not for a person or some specific entity. It is very freeing to think of things like that. It’s an honor to be called a “hilarious geek” by a famous author :-) Thanks again.

]]> By: Chris Orcutt http://delputnam.com/2009/12/layoffs-suck/comment-page-1/#comment-94 Chris Orcutt Wed, 07 Apr 2010 18:02:57 +0000 http://delputnam.com/?p=586#comment-94 Del, this is a very compassionate and thoughtful entry. You claim not to have achieved wisdom or nirvana, but I think some of is peeking out in posts like this one. The one thing I would add to your words to people being laid off is that it's really important for people to learn that ultimately the company you work for is The Universe, Inc. During a recent *long* depression, I read a biography of Buckminster Fuller that described how he contemplated suicide one night, then decided to live the rest of his life as if he had died, making a gift of his life to the universe. He recognized that when he framed his life that way, "they" and their opinions of his work could never touch him. He wasn't doing it for "them" anymore. Keep up the great work. Not bad for a hilarious geek. :) Del, this is a very compassionate and thoughtful entry. You claim not to have achieved wisdom or nirvana, but I think some of is peeking out in posts like this one. The one thing I would add to your words to people being laid off is that it’s really important for people to learn that ultimately the company you work for is The Universe, Inc.

During a recent *long* depression, I read a biography of Buckminster Fuller that described how he contemplated suicide one night, then decided to live the rest of his life as if he had died, making a gift of his life to the universe. He recognized that when he framed his life that way, “they” and their opinions of his work could never touch him. He wasn’t doing it for “them” anymore.

Keep up the great work. Not bad for a hilarious geek. :)

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