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Sep. 18th, 2003 12:22 amLots of work-related stress today, dealing with yet another rejuggling of people and travel and equipment after ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
hopeforyou finally decided not to go to the drilling site in Spain. I screwed up... had I been more hard-nosed, I would have immediately scheduled someone else as soon as she became ill, rather than try to fend off the PI and other participants in order to leave the door open later and later for her participation. Not because we couldn't live without her, but because I feared the personal impact on her self-esteem and future motivation if she didn't make it. But... that effectively put her interests ahead of those of the project as-a-whole, as well as my own. Zzzt. Wrong answer. Result: she's even more stressed because of prolonging the decision, it is too late now to send a replacement, her contract company will miss its task milestone, the actual work will be delayed two weeks and will be only part done, we've spent $2K in unrecoverable conference fees and nonrefundable tickets, and my stress levels have tripled. All because I let my concern for a colleague's individual emotional state override my business sense.
At least I'm in good physical condition... I passed my annual physical today, requalifying my FAA 2nd-Class medical certificate. My cholesterol value (160) and ratio (3.2) are excellent, blood chemistry is fine, EKG and vital capacity matched previous years, hearing only averages a 5dB loss, and I still see 20/50 uncorrected. I need to lose 10 lbs to get back to my long-term maintenance weight, and I need to get my blood pressure down ten points... otherwise, my health is good.
hopeforyou finally decided not to go to the drilling site in Spain. I screwed up... had I been more hard-nosed, I would have immediately scheduled someone else as soon as she became ill, rather than try to fend off the PI and other participants in order to leave the door open later and later for her participation. Not because we couldn't live without her, but because I feared the personal impact on her self-esteem and future motivation if she didn't make it. But... that effectively put her interests ahead of those of the project as-a-whole, as well as my own. Zzzt. Wrong answer. Result: she's even more stressed because of prolonging the decision, it is too late now to send a replacement, her contract company will miss its task milestone, the actual work will be delayed two weeks and will be only part done, we've spent $2K in unrecoverable conference fees and nonrefundable tickets, and my stress levels have tripled. All because I let my concern for a colleague's individual emotional state override my business sense. At least I'm in good physical condition... I passed my annual physical today, requalifying my FAA 2nd-Class medical certificate. My cholesterol value (160) and ratio (3.2) are excellent, blood chemistry is fine, EKG and vital capacity matched previous years, hearing only averages a 5dB loss, and I still see 20/50 uncorrected. I need to lose 10 lbs to get back to my long-term maintenance weight, and I need to get my blood pressure down ten points... otherwise, my health is good.
