My supervisor and mentor at work is retiring tomorrow. She's been packing up this week, and this morning we had an "open house" gathering to say goodbye to her. The director presented her with the usual retirement gift, and speeches were said. As I write this, she is probably already in a Connecticut casino enjoying herself. She said she'd come back tomorrow for lunch at least and to finish clearing out. I'm going to miss her.
As she was leaving today, after the party, she gave me a piece of paper "A few rules to live by" and it's mostly for work, but the first and last lines are definitely words to LIVE by. She said "Don't assume anything. Always check." and "Speak less. Listen more. You'll never learn anything new if you're doing the talking."
Common sense stuff, but so true, and I know she meant the last line directly. I do talk too much!
Sounds like some wise words. I hope that she enjoys retirement.
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