ON WHERE IT'S @

The @ sign is quite ancient. In the past few centuries, the @ symbol mostly came to mean "price per unit." Over the years, the little curlicue roamed the typewriter keyboard. It has sat on the same key as the V, and then the Z and shared space with the cents sign. The use of the @ signed decreased when unit prices were typed as decimal figures in the unit column of the invoice. Orphaned, the @ sign nonetheless has endured to now be part of the digital age. Nearly 3 decades later, it's putting stamps to shame. Millions of e-mails pop up on computer screens each day and every single one is delivered by the @
The Coach now knows…why it's @ !

ON GEN Xers

Under 40, the so-called "Generation Xers" are generally those born between 1963-1977 - who are supervising "Baby Boomers" (born between 1946-1962), the "G.I. Generation" and the "Silent Generation" (both born before the end of World War II). Ron Zemke , author of Generations at Work, contends that there isn't as much tension between Gen X managers and workers in their late 50s or 60s as there is between Gen Xers and Baby Boomers. His theory: In the U.S. and Canada, Gen Xers 'have a lot of respect for anyone who's from the World War II/Korean War era because they view them as being straightforward and frank…they equate the Boomers with bull." "You know, they're from the '60s - everything has to be some great, dramatic 'cause.' "

The Coach believes…that everyone needs to understand and appreciate each other's mindset. It's really no different today than when I was 20 something!