When I was employed, I disliked the month of January. I thoroughly enjoyed the December holiday season and the joy it brings. The week between Christmas and New Year’s was relaxing, with too much food and football. By the end of New Years Day, I started dreading going back to the office because I …
Two Sandwiches and Two Coffees
A few days ago, I read an article in the Financial Times dated October 15, 2023 (Citibank analyst dismissed for lying about meals expenses claim under €100 limit) about Szaboles Fekete, a senior analyst at Citibank (London). He and his partner went on a three-day business trip to Amsterdam. Fekete …
Sickness at Work
During my first London assignment in the mid-1990’s, I woke up early to run around Regent’s Park. I had to run through a few neighborhood streets before crossing into the park. One of the streets was St. John’s Wood High Street. This street was lined with small shops, restaurants, and grocery …
Napping
I have exercised early in the morning for almost 40 years. I realized in my twenties that if I did not commit to an early morning run or gym session, there was a high probability that my exercising would not get done later in the day. I commuted to downtown Houston early to beat the commuter …
References
During my assignment in The Hague (The Netherlands), I received a phone call from a British senior manager. He called to inquire about a person who worked for me that applied for a job that the senior manager had posted on my company’s job posting website. I first asked the senior manager about his …
Moral Man and Immoral Society (The Conflict Between Individual and Social Morality)
During my first London ex-pat assignment, I traded fuel oil, a heavy refined product burned for heating. A UK steel manufacturer bought a cargo of fuel oil every month. My company had never sold a fuel oil cargo to this steel manufacturer because they bought through energy brokers, who were …
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Moral Man and Immoral Society (Moral Values in Politics)
I served on a student committee that managed the Student Center activities at my university. It was an elected position, although it wasn’t difficult to get elected since it was an unpaid position. This committee met bi-monthly and decided what movies were shown, funded dances and musical events, …
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Moral Man and Immoral Society (Justice Through Political Force)
Part of my last London assignment was managing the German energy markets, my highest volume and most profitabile region. Germany has the largest GDP in Europe. Not only does it have a large geographic size, but the country is a world economic force. The Rhine River transports raw materials for …
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Moral Man and Immoral Society (Justice Through Revolution)
After my retirement and before attending seminary, my wife and I took a Norwegian fjord cruise. We sailed north along the Norway coastline stopping at quaint Nordic towns and the vaulting fjords. We rounded the North Cape and made a stop at Murmansk, located 2 degrees above the Arctic Circle in …
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Moral Man and Immoral Society (Proletarian Class)
In 2019, my wife and I flew to Botswana to go on a safari. I had been to several African countries for business, but I had never seen African wildlife in their natural habitat. Our travel agent suggested we fly first to Zimbabwe to see Victoria Falls and relax for a few days after our long flights …