Well, I got up and did my morning routine and made it to work by 5:00am. I was pleasantly surprised to see one of my supervisor's there. He said his brother is in town and so they are going to take turns sitting with their dad. So I did not have to do the paperwork after all.
The COO and the Head of Engineering were there today. I always enjoy seeing the COO. He brought his nephew with him on this trip. This is a family controlled, but publicly traded company. They are good people and I really like the family members that I have met.
I cornered the head of engineering about an upcoming project. Largely what I would really like to see in the end project. Then we got talking about the new plant manager and how I think he is awesome. Which evolved into trying to get employees to develop the mind set of this being a career and not just a job.
Last week my boss said that he was giving us homework. Today I found out what that was. I need to read a book. The book is called Extreme Ownership and was written by some Navy SEALs. The new plant manager is assigning it to all the managers to read. He, my boss and the sanitation manager said it is an excellent book. Plant manager did warn us to not get all caught up in the battle parts of the book. It describes a battle situation (a real one) then analyzes what went wrong (and I guess what went right). then they show you how to apply those principles to your life and career. I am looking forward to reading it.
I figured out how many hours I have put in starting Monday morning. I have put in 46 hours. I am ready for it to be Friday. I was hoping to sneak out early Friday but I just got scheduled for an afternoon meeting so not early tomorrow. I am exhausted but it has been a pretty good week anyway.
How did your week go?
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