Don t be an Ebenezer. Experience suggests the more I give, the more benefit I get, and it just keeps piling up until I feel guilty about getting more than I gave. Although the lawyers have limited the amount of discretion and judgment some decision makers are willing to use, discretion and judgment must remain part of your tool kit. We should not react to criticism by installing more process and exercising less discretion and judgment. The world is looking for a few good leaders both men and women , to show the way.
Pendulums swing both ways.
You own your own morale. No one, but you, is in control of your outlook. You decide in the morning when you get up how happy you are going to be that day. Think of it as a ten-point scale. When you decide, you can fill in the blanks.