{"id":9269,"date":"2011-12-20T14:38:23","date_gmt":"2011-12-20T19:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/hr\/2011\/12\/a-letter-to-santa---or-anyone.html"},"modified":"2011-12-20T14:38:23","modified_gmt":"2011-12-20T19:38:23","slug":"a-letter-to-santa-or-anyone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/hr\/2011\/12\/a-letter-to-santa-or-anyone\/","title":{"rendered":"A Letter to Santa – Or Anyone!"},"content":{"rendered":"
As children, those who celebrate Christmas are told to be nice and good and to write to Santa with what they want for Christmas. As adults, I think we could all take our parents’ advice and do the same thing when it comes to asking for what we want from our boss, co-workers, friends, or colleagues.<\/p>\n
Here is a “letter to Santa” I put out last week on my Facebook page as kind of a joke but half-serious as I want to meet someone this holidays season:<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n Dear Santa,<\/p>\n I’d like a girlfriend this Christmas who is witty, pretty and single. I’ve been good this year and haven’t asked you for anything for Christmas in 30 years.<\/p>\n Love, Robert<\/em><\/p>\n To the point, direct, and a little silly, this email netted many responses and people coming out of the woodwork to assist me in my quest. Perhaps by Christmas “Santa” will bring me what I want!<\/p>\n Think about something you’ve wanted for work, yourself, or your business. Find a funny way to get it out there, or be direct and ask for what you want. It may work wonders!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As children, those who celebrate Christmas are told to be nice and good and to write to Santa with what they want for Christmas. As adults, I think we could all take our parents’ advice and do the same thing…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":147,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,13,29,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-employee-relations","category-feedback","category-marketing","category-motivation"],"yoast_head":"\r\n