Finally! I get to write in my blog. I have missed you, my readers, and I’ve felt the void of not creating stories here. Why have I been absent? Well, the main reason is that I’ve been diligently working to complete my book, Zen and the Art of Offshoring. I can hardly wait to share it with you.
But another reason for my blog absence is much more ethereal: I’ve been busy. Really busy.
Every time I call a colleague or client these days I hear the same refrain.
“I’m swamped!”
“Things have been crazy.”
“I’m up at 4am doing e-mail these days.”
Calendars lately are like moving targets. I’ll schedule lunch with a friend and one of us will have to postpone at the last minute because of other obligations. Busy.
The question is, what’s going on? Has the busyness gotten more intense or had I been living in denial of it before? I remember a time not too long ago that I could pause in the middle Read more...








