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Subject: Re: Alan Byrne - A Charlatan

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Phil

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Date Posted: 01:55:00 01/24/04 Sat
In reply to: Paul O'Connell 's message, "Re: Alan Byrne - A Charlatan" on 22:45:12 01/23/04 Fri

>I agree with Phil that Alan should be given the
>benefit of the doubt here. Too much, too young also
>rings a bell with me too about things I took on in the
>past and couldn't deliver on. I have some sympathy
>there!
>
>It's all about communication though, that's the
>problem. I don't know how old Alan is, but I guess you
>don't really learn the benefits of keeping people
>informed until you've experienced the anger,
>frustration and complaints of those you haven't kept
>informed a few times. Took me a long time to learn
>that one! Grasping the nettle to give someone bad or
>disappointing news is unpleasant sometimes, but always
>better than leaving them in the dark and telling them
>nothing. Tempers fray and spill out into bitterness,
>insult, accusation - and a right old slanging match.
>Learning from that comes with age and experience - the
>hard way! Leaving it to fester while you bury your
>head in the sand when it gets a little too unpleasant
>and uncomfortable just leads the situation into a
>deepening spiral until eventually someone goes
>balastic and you have to deal with a far worse
>situation.
>
>I've never written a book nor done anything with such
>a public deadline, nor do I know Alan but I bet he
>probably feels pretty rotten and guilty about it,
>despite an achievement I'm sure he should feel proud
>of. He has made promises and set deadlines for others
>probably at his publishers insistence that they
>couldn't, or never intended to keep to. No skin off
>their nose is it? Alan is getting the crap for it, not
>them!
>
>Personally, I'm really looking forward to the book and
>CDROM and it doesn't really bother me that both have
>been on order for over 9 months, (I know someone who
>has been writing a biography on her famous dad for
>over 10 years now - and has only just finished it).
>
>Alan, please learn from this experience and keep
>people informed. It's still not too late, and do it
>now rather than wait for the radio show on 30 January.
>It will be far less hassle for you in the long run,
>believe me! It only takes a few minutes to post here
>and you'll feel better for it.
>
>Grandad O'Connell signing off! Have to have my coco
>now and go to bed as it's nearly 11pm !! ;-)
>
>Cheers
>:-)

Great, well considered post Paul captures exactly how I feel, wish I had your intellect.
Hope Alan and others learn from it.

Stuff the Grandad bit.

All the Best,

Phil

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Subject	Author	Date
Re: Alan Byrne - A Charlatan	Paul O'Connell	02:27:35 01/24/04 Sat
Re: Alan Byrne - A Charlatan -- Phil, 03:12:43 01/24/04 Sat Re: Alan Byrne - A Charlatan -- Phil, 03:15:30 01/24/04 Sat Re: Alan Byrne - A Charlatan -- Paul O'Connell, 09:36:01 01/24/04 Sat