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Friday December 01, 2006

Lost Identity?

Time for a post on the lighter side. It's always easier to blame misfortune as someone else's devious intention to harass you, rather than take responsibility for your own short comings or bizarre behaviors.

For example, several weeks ago at Immersion Week my good friend Thin Guy tried to accuse me of a few acts of devious behavior. First, he accused me of sending his room a 5:00AM wake-up call. Then he later tried to accuse me of stealing a personal item of his, that he is quite dependant upon. Now, this was all after he had spent the prior day looking for his missing wallet. Which by the way, was in his pants pocket the entire time. As we all know, this is a common coincidence with him.As Dr. Phil say's “ The best predictor of future behavior is past behavior.” Now that could apply to a lot that is going on lately.

Anyhow, I pulled a Thin Guy this week. After a great meeting with some of the best partners in Europe, I was making my way up the 101 to catch a flight. Following standard operating procedure I stopped at Broadway to fill up at the 76 station before returning the rental. That is when it happened, I pulled a hair brained stunt. My biggest pet peeve of all! I was talking on the cell phone when I should have been paying attention. I reached for my wallet, swiped my card, put it back in the wallet and sat it on the trunk! Why! Cause I needed to pump the gas and my other hand was busy holding the phone and not paying attention. So, somewhere out there on the 101 is my wallet. If anyone finds it an wants to send it back to me, please do so. You can keep the Singapore dollars that are in it for shipping! I wanted to blame Thin Guy for rubbing off on me but, I am just going to have to accept that this was my own fault.

In the meantime I have been rebuilding my identity, moving money around and building a fortress around me in hopes to protect myself. Fortunately, Thin Guy has been sending me the steps on protecting myself since he and his wife have already been through the process.