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January 2003
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My New Year's Resolutions
By Walter Hanig, President


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Administrative Council

No muse today. Every year about this time, I'm struck with creative writer's block. My family puts out a holiday newsletter with a theme. We've done tabloids, cookbooks, limericks, standardized tests, and other formats. As you can imagine, it gets harder and harder to think up new ideas. And so it goes with my newsletter article for January.

Lacking better ideas—more on that later—I offer some personal resolutions for the new year.

  • Take chances. Apply for jobs that I may not be perfectly qualified for. Ask STC members to take on specific duties. What's the worst that can happen?

  • Listen harder. Just because I disagree with an idea as it's being presented shouldn't stop me from encouraging the idea's presentation and presenter. Besides, the perspective offered may have value in other situations.

  • Confront difficult situations. Whether it's a professional or a personal situation, avoiding the issue usually doesn't solve it.

  • Have more fun. I need to cook more—just eat less!

  • Allow more slack for everyone, including me.

  • Spend more time with first-timers at meetings.

  • Write minutes from council meetings!

  • Submit newsletter articles on time!

Readers, is there a topic you'd like me to address in a future column? Just let me know: wdhanig@alumni.rice.edu

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