Warning: Lengthy post :) Though I am an optimist, I do tend to look at the negative side of situations quite often. It gives me pleasure, not in a sadistic kind of way but as an extension of introspection. I tend to look at all my actions for the day and see how I could have handled it differently with probably better results. This does not mean I regret anything I said/did. Coming to the corporate jungle and having worked in it for close to 5 years I feel I can do managing better (but I won’t know unless I actually do it :P ). I have had the fortune of working with 8 managers in 4 years. No, I did not “jump” companies. In fact I changed 6 managers in 3 years in one company. I had a new manager every six months with almost the same competency as the previous one. I have many a time seen myself in my manager’s shoe and taken better decisions – all in my head, of course. And I would have liked to share my opinion/understanding with my manager hoping something would come out of it an