What wonderful parents!! Cindy --- Monica Willyard <rhyami@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, Cindy. Thanks for your encouragement. It really > means a lot to me. > (smile) As for my career, I've worked in tech > support and customer > service for most of my life. That isn't where I > developed my approach to > getting things done though. I'll share it here in > case it might help > someone else. My parents raised me on a series of > questions that when > asked and answered honestly would help me move > toward my goal. My dad's > favorite question to ask me when I wanted to > accomplish something > important was: "What action could you take that if > done now will move > you closer to where you want to be?" Being asked > this question since I > was barely able to speak has taught me that I can do > something to make > things happen and to look for opportunities that > might be right under my > nose. With the wish list, I saw a lot of people > making requests and > started asking myself why some people get their > requests filled often > while others don't. After talking with people in > email and in the > Bookshare community room, several reasons seemed to > come up over and > over again. That's what prompted me to write the > tips. You and Jamie > Yates seem to have used the same thought process to > solve our wish list > maintenance issue. I'd be willing to bet good money > that there are other > people on this list who have good ideas too. I'd be > thrilled if someone > reads this and borrows this question to make it > their own. (smile) > > Monica Willyard > > Grandma Cindy wrote: > > I think those tips are wonderful!! And clearly > put!! > > > > Monica, what was or is your career? You spot a > need > > for information or action and fill it concisely > and > > clearly. I'm not expressing what I mean very well, > but > > I hope you understand what I'm trying to say. > > > > Cindy > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos & more. http://mobile.yahoo.com/go?refer=1GNXIC To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.