Recently I ran across a letter I wrote but never sent. It was addressed to an industry acquaintance I worked with periodically. I wasn’t sure she would be able to “hear” what I was trying to say; I imagined that my letter might just make the situation worse. So I never sent the letter.

Here was the situation that caused me to write the woman I’ll call Janice. In my view, Janice really needed to get her act together. She had gone through a difficult personal time – all would agree on that. However, it was my belief that her publicizing of personal troubles in industry settings had gone on for far too long. (more…)