Things have changed quite a bit since my last post. I quit my job! I had been a supervisor in a call center for that last 7+ years and had been looking for a career change, especially since last year when I finished grad school. That career change happened when I was offered a job [...]
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“Is the thing you claim that is really important, really important? Because if a lot of people actually looked at where their time and attention went, the parts that they do have control over, it would like the most important thing in their life is Facebook.” – Merlin Mann
Happiness is not merely a feeling. I’m also still reading Seth Godin’s Linchpin. Godin believes that the new economy values artists. He says, “Art is unique, new, and challenging to the status quo. It’s not decoration, it’s something that causes change.” He also says, “Most of all, art involves labor. Not the labor of lifting [...]
1. Jennifer at Conversion Diary posted picture of her ring in her Quick Takes today. This is mine. I intended never to take it off after the wedding. Turns out that I can’t wear it more than a day or so without my finger breaking out. I’ve done all the remedies but they didn’t help. [...]
1. Creativity and Resistance Last night I listened to Merlin Mann’s interview of Seth Godin. Godin says there is not a creativity problem. Everyone is creative. There is a wealth of creative ideas. The problem people have is a “shipping” problem, meaning that people do finish the ideas they have. The barrier to shipping is [...]
So now I’m 40. It was a great day. Bailey woke me up with her usual enthusiasm to start the day. My parents then watched her for the day while my brother and some friends came to our house for an afternoon of gaming. Honeybun made the best chicken soup ever along with beer bread [...]
I went to a business seminar yesterday held at the Pepsi Center in Denver that was supposed to get people motivated. The arena holds about 15,000 people and it was nearly full. Apparently the motivation business is good. Laura Bush, Colin Powell, and Rudy Giuliani were some of the speakers. Tamara Lowe is one of [...]
No, I’m not referring to Angel Cabrera’s win last Sunday at the Masters tournament at Augusta. I’m talking about me. On Tuesday of this week, I finished (and passed) my comprehensive exams. That means I have officially completed all the requirements for my Master of Science in Technical Communication. Wow, it seems like only 4 [...]
Rules: Once you’ve been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. 1. I served four years of active duty in the USMC. Joining was one of the best decisions I have ever made. 2. I was the one who gave the ultimatum to get [...]
