Wouldn’t you like to expose your newer readers to some of your earlier posts that they might never have seen? Or remind your long term followers of posts that they might not remember? Each Friday I will publish a post I wrote on this exact date in a previous year.
How about you? Why don’t you reach back into your own archives and highlight a post that you wrote on this very date in a previous year? You can repost your Friday Flashback post on your blog and pingback to this post. Or you can just write a comment below with a link to the post you selected.
If you’ve been blogging for less than a year, go ahead and choose a post that you previously published on this day (the 16th) of any month within the past year and link to that post in a comment.
This was originally posted on April 16, 2018.
Pep Talk
John knocked on his boss’s door. “Excuse me, Al. Do you have a minute?”
“Sure,” Al responded. “Come on in and have a seat.”
John sat down in a chair across the desk from Al. “I’ll get right to the point, he said. “In my written review you wrote that I need to crank it to eleven. What did you mean by that?”
“John,” Al said. “It means that it’s time for you to turn up the volume.”
John looked confused. “Turn up the volume, sir?”
“You know what I mean, John,” Al responded. “It’s time to put the pedal to the metal.”
“The pedal to the metal?”
“John, you know what I’m saying,” Al said. “You need to give it 110 percent.”
“Are you suggesting I’m not doing all I can for this job?” John asked.
“I’m just saying that it’s better to ask for forgiveness than it is to ask for permission, John,” Al said. “It’s time for you to shoot for the moon, to sing like no one is listening.”
“I see,” said John.
“Good,” said Al, “because you know that you miss 100 percent of the shots that you don’t take. Son, you need to make hay while the sun shines. When opportunity knocks you need to answer the door.”
“Yes, I see what you’re getting at,” John said, trying hard not to roll his eyes.
“Good,” said Al. “Now go out there and make it rain, my boy.”
John went back to his cubicle and started drafting his resignation letter.
Written for today’s one-word prompt, “crank.”
There are occasions these days when I can’t quite conjure up that exact word — one I’ve used a million times before — that would be perfect for what I want to say. And yes, my memory for names or events isn’t quite what it once was.
When I see the WordPress one-word prompt each morning, I think about if I’m going to respond and, if so, how?
So congratulations, Pamela, on your big win.
Someone you know — maybe someone you love — has “done you wrong.” You’re upset, angry, and hurt. What do you do? Some of your closest friends and confidants might tell you that you’re better off without that person.