{"id":2105,"date":"2021-01-23T05:23:40","date_gmt":"2021-01-23T12:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/irabryck.com\/?page_id=2105"},"modified":"2026-05-13T08:05:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T15:05:41","slug":"user-manual-for-ira-bryck","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/irabryck.com\/?page_id=2105","title":{"rendered":"User Manual for Ira Bryck"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>everyone at Giombetti Associates shares their user manuals, and we often encourage clients to build one for themselves &#8211; a good thought exercise, but could help others improve on how to make you &#8220;useful&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>User Manual for Ira Bryck<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To know me is to love me, but if not, you\u2019ll still know me<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What I stand for<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I try to be neighborly and reasonable, even when objecting and complaining<\/li>\n<li>I have a knack for knowing who should know who, and love connecting them<\/li>\n<li>I am a meditator for 49 years, and as much as I stink at it, I do feel like I know what it is to be on solid ground, within myself<\/li>\n<li>I\u2019m a lover, not a fighter, but there\u2019s a few people I\u2019d protect by punching their enemies first and asking questions later. I\u2019ve also promised all those people both my kidneys.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>How my strengths might help us work together<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I know how to ask good questions, to help you think things through<\/li>\n<li>My contributions to discussions often start with \u201cI\u2019d like to build on your idea\u201d<\/li>\n<li>I am a lone ranger type, but surprise myself with how well I collaborate, when I must<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Ways in which it\u2019s obvious that I\u2019m not finished with me yet<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I\u2019m pretty sure I\u2019m right, don\u2019t be fooled that I seem respectful<\/li>\n<li>Life would be grand if I could mind my own business<\/li>\n<li>There is a report card in my head, how I\u2019m doing, that I\u2019d like to be done with<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>When I\u2019m feeling stressed, you might notice<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Me feeling bad about how dumb I am<\/li>\n<li>Me feeling bad about how dumb you are<\/li>\n<li>Me eating 50 more pistachio nuts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>How I make friends and colleagues<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I like to ignore my fear of meeting new people, and just join your little cocktail party group<\/li>\n<li>I try to figure out how to help you in accomplishing your goals<\/li>\n<li>I\u2019m not blowing smoke when I explain why I like you<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>everyone at Giombetti Associates shares their user manuals, and we often encourage clients to build one for themselves &#8211; a good thought exercise, but could help others improve on how to make you &#8220;useful&#8221; User Manual for Ira Bryck To know me is to love me, but if not, you\u2019ll still know me What I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":12,"menu_order":15,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2105","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/irabryck.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/irabryck.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/irabryck.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irabryck.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irabryck.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2105"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/irabryck.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2704,"href":"https:\/\/irabryck.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2105\/revisions\/2704"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irabryck.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/irabryck.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}