Ep 3 - Thank-ful or Thank-less: Choose Your Thanksgiving

THIS EPISODE OF THE ‘BRICK AND BLOCK PODCAST’ FEATURES THE AUDIO VERSION OF MY NOVEMBER 2020 COLUMN IN MASONRY MAGAZINE. YOU PROBABLY KNOW IT AS ‘FULL CONTACT PROJECT MANAGEMENT’. THE TITLE OF THE COLUMN YOU ARE ABOUT TO HEAR IS:

THANK-FUL OR THANK-LESS?

THIS COLUMN WAS A REFLECTION ON THE YEAR JUST PAST. EVERYBODY AGREES THAT 2020 SEEMED LIKE THE WORST YEAR IN RECENT HISTORY, AND FOR MORE THAN ONE REASON. A BIG REASON WAS THE COVID-19 VIRUS;   PLUS    THE LOCK-DOWN; CLOSING OF BUSINESSES; WIDESPREAD UNEMPLOYMENT; LOSS OF ENTERTAINMENT; AND, OF COURSE, THE CLOSING OF SCHOOLS. AND MORE! YOU MAY HAVE YOUR OWN CANDIDATES FOR THIS LIST, AND I CAN CERTAINLY ADD TO IT, BUT YOU GET THE IDEA. WE ALL DO.

SO…THE PURPOSE OF THE COLUMN WAS TO PUT ALL OF THAT STUFF INTO PERSPECTIVE. AND WHEN YOU CONSIDER THAT NOVEMBER IS THE MONTH WE ALL THINK ABOUT THANKSGIVING, AT LEAST A LITTLE BIT, EVEN IN THE UGLY YEAR OF 2020…CAN WE REALLY BE THANKFUL?

THERE ARE GOOD THINGS WHICH STILL HAPPEN, EVEN IN THE WORST OF TIMES, AND WE CAN TAKE WITH US THE LESSONS OF THOSE GOOD THINGS AS WE GO INTO 2021.

OKAY, TEAM.    HANG ON,  LISTEN UP,  AND PREPARE TO MOVE AHEAD.

AND NOW…’THANK-FUL OR THANK-LESS’