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the men. Mine was rated by three men, a district man, a design dept. man and as Whitey put it, "a man right at your elbow." My ratings by the first two men were about as good as anyone could ask for. But the one by "the man at my elbow" (and I suspect that is literally true and Rudy is the man) was consistently lower then the others and in Leadership and Initiative he had me way down! Whitey pointed out that this latter man evidently thought I was at my limit. He also said that because this man was the one nearest me, he didn't like it! Presumably this man knew me best! But Whitey went on to say that his opinion of me was unchanged; he was showing me this, not to threaten or discourage me, but rather to spur me on. He asked me if I was satisfied with what I was doing. I said "yes". He asked me if I had any kicks. I said "no". And that ended it. Later thinking it over, I realized I had muffed my answers terribly. So I wrote Whitey a personal note explaining that I was in a state of mental paralysis (and I was) when he popped all this on me - that I would like to express my views and answers now after I had calmed down, somewhat as follows:

1.) you asked me if I was satisfied with what I was doing. Answer: I enjoy my work but you know what I want and where I want to go in this Dept.

2.) I suggested that perhaps the design engineer, because we work in an executive capacity more with this group than any other, is in a better position to judge Leadership traits than the man at my elbow.