I'd say managing expectations is key to happiness. For example let's say you tell your manager you can tune a query to run in 1 second, but the best you can deliver is 2 seconds. Now imagine you told you boss 5 seconds, but you delivered 3 seconds. Which scenario do you think makes your boss happier? Finn On Feb 18, 2008 1:09 AM, Ethan Post <post.ethan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/02/14/60minutes/main3833797.shtml > > Apparently that have very low expectations. > > - Ethan >