Where in the world am I today?: North Vancouver, BC, Canada

“A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.”

–Phyllis Diller, American Comedienne (1917 – )

Addendum…

“Pick your battles wisely and when in doubt smile…”

–David ‘checkerhead’ Aiken

My wife started a job about a year and a half ago and came home a bit disillusioned during her ‘training’ because she didn’t feel that anyone was actually teaching her anything. It was rather an on-the-job immersion into what she’d be doing with very little in the way of instruction. She made every attempt to learn, but found it rather odd that long time employees didn’t give her much in the way of instruction. She made several mistakes during her first few training sessions, but when others scowled at her she’d just smile and amazingly the scowls would disappear. She came home saying that when she really didn’t know what to do next she’d smile and that smile won people over enough so that they’d explain how to do things… The power of a smile is awesome!