I need you to tell me, privately, when I'm messing up on the people side -- I retain final authority but I will take your advice most of the time."I'm... going to take your hobby of logistics and give you the responsibility of making sure the specialists have the resources they need to carry out their missions. Previously, you were my executive assistant, which mostly meant that you had full access to my thinking. As executive officer, you don't always speak with my authority, but it would be. I picked up the surprise call around 11 Tuesday night in my Four Seasons room. I was on my third, and final, glass of red, it would be an early night. But 11 in California meant 1 in KC. Later than Walker usually stayed up on a school night.“Hi babyboy.”“Hi Winter. Um, Pilar is at Lina’s.”“Oh?”“Just for tonight. And Vanessa is at Bear’s.”“Just for tonight.”“Yeah.”“So. You’re Mr. Bachelor tonight.”“Yeah. And I was kind of, you know, missing you.”Ah. I didn’t need to don my deerstalker hat to. There was little trust. Both groups worked independently on cross-plateau projects ... and often found themselves going in opposite directions."I can give you many reasons this happened. First was my lack of input to the Nashville process. Just as importantly was my inability to oversee the projects away from Nashville. I was busy and I lacked the acumen to supervise while I was away. I also had no one I could trust to look after my interests. I have taken steps to change that. I am well. This would last about a day, and then the cycle would begin all over again. I knew she had issues. I figured she was bi-polar, but looking into her childhood and early years before we met revealed things that were maybe even darker, like borderline personality, possible schizophrenia and at least one attempted suicide.I tried to get her to see a doctor. She refused. I wanted to get her to see a therapist. She refused. I tried to get her to attend couples counseling with me. She refused.It.
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