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Without a doubt I was raised in a different business climate. Whether it is lines of following lines communication, business decorum, appropriate attire, language skills or simply the amount of expected work hours, many things have changed. Some for the better and yet others receive a dismal failing grade.

Coming into the work force a "few" years ago, I recall sitting down in a large meeting room to listen the CEO of a major company address the group. Once again, it was a completely different time and while we were known to "play hard" in our off hours as a group, we "worked hard" as anyone who clocked under sixty-five hours minimum in a work-week wasn't around for very long. That will seem foreign to an era that misconstrues having pride in accomplishment and learned finishing last earns you the prettiest of red ribbons but we were hungry to succeed.

While I miss the days of an office holding standard breakfast meetings at 7am and a row of fresh white Charvet french-cuff shirts ready in the closet, there is a lot to be learned from them. Transferred to the modern environment of super-connectivity there is "no-telling" what the work-force is capable of but unfortunately much of the common business skills, once inherently part of school curriculum's has vanished leaving a new set of problems.

The list is a long one but notions of pride in work and timeliness in reporting have all but vanished alone with business work ethic. The odd twist is the final point because many reading this post are doing so at their work and further exhibiting another trait that no-one foresaw of the "information superhighway", wasting employers time while "important" tasks in life are completed, such as always relevant "status update". Though my sardonic wit has once again got the best of me and that statement is unlikely to be a very popular, it is in-fact quite truthful.

The lesson to be learned is between the lines and starts with pride in what you do and putting your families name behind every step you take. That of-course and a row of fresh white Charvet french-cuff shirts ready in the closet.