Comments on: My Great Grandmother Was Too Busy To Die. Are You? http://www.frannyoxford.com/wordpress/2010/07/my-great-grandmother-was-too-busy-to-die-are-you/ Memos to the Universe Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:02:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Frannyo http://www.frannyoxford.com/wordpress/2010/07/my-great-grandmother-was-too-busy-to-die-are-you/comment-page-1/#comment-1113 Frannyo Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:40:05 +0000 http://www.frannyoxford.com/wordpress/?p=123#comment-1113 Thanks for the support, everybody. The more I thought about it, the more I realize the problem is that we're half staffed at work, like a lot of places, so I'm doing work that would normally be delegated but that has to get done. Lots of "Quadrant Three" activities, in Stephen Covey terms. I'll get back to delegating the little things and pushing forward on the big things, even if it means hiring a bunch of HR interns to make it happen. Thanks for the support, everybody. The more I thought about it, the more I realize the problem is that we’re half staffed at work, like a lot of places, so I’m doing work that would normally be delegated but that has to get done. Lots of “Quadrant Three” activities, in Stephen Covey terms. I’ll get back to delegating the little things and pushing forward on the big things, even if it means hiring a bunch of HR interns to make it happen.

]]> By: Anita Premjee http://www.frannyoxford.com/wordpress/2010/07/my-great-grandmother-was-too-busy-to-die-are-you/comment-page-1/#comment-1079 Anita Premjee Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:20:17 +0000 http://www.frannyoxford.com/wordpress/?p=123#comment-1079 Franny, We met at the Houston ERE mixer last week and I've been following your blog ever since! I love reading your posts. I am elightened not only by your HR knowledge but also your overall perspective on life and achievements. Wishing you all the best! Franny,
We met at the Houston ERE mixer last week and I’ve been following your blog ever since! I love reading your posts. I am elightened not only by your HR knowledge but also your overall perspective on life and achievements. Wishing you all the best!

]]> By: laurie ruettimann http://www.frannyoxford.com/wordpress/2010/07/my-great-grandmother-was-too-busy-to-die-are-you/comment-page-1/#comment-1055 laurie ruettimann Sun, 18 Jul 2010 23:07:43 +0000 http://www.frannyoxford.com/wordpress/?p=123#comment-1055 Holy smokes. Holy smokes.

]]> By: Alicia Arenas (@AliciaSanera) http://www.frannyoxford.com/wordpress/2010/07/my-great-grandmother-was-too-busy-to-die-are-you/comment-page-1/#comment-1051 Alicia Arenas (@AliciaSanera) Sun, 18 Jul 2010 19:34:41 +0000 http://www.frannyoxford.com/wordpress/?p=123#comment-1051 Franny, what an amazing post. I have these discussions all the time with my clients. It's tough running a business, enjoying life and taking care of family. One of the things I do with small biz owners is "Life Based Strategic Business Planning." We look at what they want their life to be like and then strategize around what their business needs to be to be to support the life they want to live. Even so, it's still not easy. Thank you for letting us peek inside your grandmother's and your life. You've given me a lot to think about this week. PS - Congrats on the ERE event! Franny, what an amazing post.

I have these discussions all the time with my clients. It’s tough running a business, enjoying life and taking care of family. One of the things I do with small biz owners is “Life Based Strategic Business Planning.” We look at what they want their life to be like and then strategize around what their business needs to be to be to support the life they want to live. Even so, it’s still not easy.

Thank you for letting us peek inside your grandmother’s and your life. You’ve given me a lot to think about this week.

PS – Congrats on the ERE event!

]]> By: Michael VanDervort http://www.frannyoxford.com/wordpress/2010/07/my-great-grandmother-was-too-busy-to-die-are-you/comment-page-1/#comment-1050 Michael VanDervort Sun, 18 Jul 2010 19:15:19 +0000 http://www.frannyoxford.com/wordpress/?p=123#comment-1050 Terrific piece, Franny. People are in for a real treat when you do your seminar for HR Florida! http://hrflorida.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=194 Terrific piece, Franny. People are in for a real treat when you do your seminar for HR Florida!

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]]> By: Teresa Morris http://www.frannyoxford.com/wordpress/2010/07/my-great-grandmother-was-too-busy-to-die-are-you/comment-page-1/#comment-1049 Teresa Morris Sun, 18 Jul 2010 18:22:07 +0000 http://www.frannyoxford.com/wordpress/?p=123#comment-1049 I'm still trying to figure out how you slept 8 hours a night. Given that you are still not satisfied that your list was "enough," what would you have traded out to do the other things that are still weighing on your mind? Given the chance to do it over, would you re-prioritize anything? I'd also like to take this opportunity to remind you that although you may not have done any formal volunteer work, you did a hell of a lot of community building. I don't have any neighbors that I'd invite over for swimming and dinner, or one who I'd even let watch my cat (let alone my kid, if I had one) in an emergency. I bet that cleaning out the garage to help out your friends with stuff for their infant meant a lot more to them than you can imagine, too. You just did targeted personal volunteer work, which is definitely your style. Your parents definitely made the right call in naming you after your great-grandmother. You are a force of nature in your own right, Franny. I'm pretty sure that your namesake would be proud of everything you achieved in such a short period of time. Keep hacking your work and GTD, but give yourself a minute to appreciate it, too. (P.S. you forgot to add this blog post to your list!) I’m still trying to figure out how you slept 8 hours a night.

Given that you are still not satisfied that your list was “enough,” what would you have traded out to do the other things that are still weighing on your mind? Given the chance to do it over, would you re-prioritize anything?

I’d also like to take this opportunity to remind you that although you may not have done any formal volunteer work, you did a hell of a lot of community building. I don’t have any neighbors that I’d invite over for swimming and dinner, or one who I’d even let watch my cat (let alone my kid, if I had one) in an emergency. I bet that cleaning out the garage to help out your friends with stuff for their infant meant a lot more to them than you can imagine, too. You just did targeted personal volunteer work, which is definitely your style.

Your parents definitely made the right call in naming you after your great-grandmother. You are a force of nature in your own right, Franny.

I’m pretty sure that your namesake would be proud of everything you achieved in such a short period of time. Keep hacking your work and GTD, but give yourself a minute to appreciate it, too.

(P.S. you forgot to add this blog post to your list!)

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