Boss: Studies show that it takes 10,000 hours of focused practice to become an expert at anything. According to your resume, you’ve only had enough database experience to be an incompetent menace. Interviewee: How many hours have you practiced doing interviews? Boss: I don’t like where this is headed.

Source: Dilbert Comic Strip on 2012-11-03 | Dilbert by Scott Adams

 

The 10,000 hours concept was one of the most powerful observations I was told as a Peace Corps Volunteer. After training and the first year in community, the time as a volunteer was nearly 10,000 hours.

Dilbert: I would be more productive with my own office. Studies show that cubicle workplaces lower intelligence. Boss: You can’t be sure that’s true because your cubicle lowered your intelligence. Dilbert: Wait… why does that make sense? Boss: Because I have an office.

Source: Dilbert

 

Whenever I think I want an office it’s because I’m convinced I would be more productive where fewer people would come and find me. However counting the number of times I visit someone in their office, multiplied by the number of staff on my floor, I realize that people with offices aren’t less busy.

What I really want is my home office and 75%+ telework.

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Source: Premium Handset Protection

 

Wow! Have you ever bothered to look up the deductible on your handset protection plan?

Spoiler Alert: it’s WAY more expensive than you thought it was. I have an old refurbished S4 that I purchased from T-Mobile 2 years ago for $480.

I have been paying $10 per month for the Premium Handset Protection.

That’s $240 after two years.

Hmm… have the price of a new phone in two years.

And now I find my deductible is $175! – (https://myphpinfo.com/t-mobile/general/view-all-deductibles.aspx)

$240 + $175 = $415

That’s $65 less than having to buy a new phone.

 

Clearly I may have been thankful if this broke day one, possibly even after the first year. But now that I have a phone that is two years old and needs an upgrade, I can’t help but notice how much I just spent for nothing.