encountered a strange feeling today - the warm glow of effort, well rewarded. Could this be what they call 'job satisfaction', it's all very curious....
My pitch went well. It was, uncharacteristically, low on spin, and heavy on pith. There were facts, evidence, and even some measure of truth. Every once in a while, just for the novelty if nothing else, a reasoned argument is not a bad approach. Particularly when you're telling people what they really don't want to hear.
And I win. After six months of deeply irrational, and purely emotional objections, I get what I want: progress, with minimal risk, and a substantial fall-back position.
Now a victory like this doesn't come without cost, of course. Every silver lining has it's cloud. Into each life, a little rain must fall. Not my life, obviously, other people's........
Specifically, one of my colleagues, who is going to experience the rather unpleasant prospect of giving me 25% of his turnover, but keeping all of his annual target. To be fair he took the news surprisingly well - there just so gosh darn nice here.
