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So, today I’m in a meeting, where we are reviewing for the 104th time what we did well and what we did poorly for a Project that was just completed.  I admittedly have a maturity problem, and spent some time doodling. I drew a turkey that looked like a peacock and a very tiny lady bug.  By tiny, I mean tinier than a life-sized lady bug.  I have an extra fine zebra pen, so I was quite successful in my efforts.  However distracted I tried to make myself,  I kept getting dragged back in to the meeting with some over-used corp-speak phrases. 

Due diligence, moving parts, pushback, buy in, stakeholder, on one’s plate,  and on board were some of the favorites. I’m not saying that I’m any better at communicating, but it’s almost as distracting as some pre-pubescent girl inserting the word, “like” into her every phrase. So…I doodle.  In addition to the corp-speak, there are a few cliche’s that are liberally distributed during the conversation.  There is one that has started to show its face more often. I like it because it’s new to the meetings I attend and get a huge kick out of it. The kick comes from the visual I get each time it’s said.

The phrase is: Where the rubber meets the road.

Here’s my visual.

Where THIS rubber meets the road

Yes, it’s absolutely childish and predictable but it took the business-like sting away from the meeting. 

 The rubber in this picture met the road far too soon.