Just when things are going smoothly, nothing too terrible going on — the doggies are healthy, bonfire night and the terrifying fireworks are over so that cat can go out at night again, hunny has started a new job that takes him to an office every day rather than working from home, and the elderly [...]
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Don’t get too complacent
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged brits, cats, dogs, tooth on 7 Nov 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Explaining who I am
Posted in psychology, tagged consciousness, earnestness, psychology on 5 Nov 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I’m preparing a presentation for tomorrow, in which I introduce myself and my team to another division that has merged with ours. I want to tell them just enough about me to satisfy their curiosity, but not so much that I overwhelm the reserved Brits with my American ‘earnestness’. I have a post-grad degree in [...]
Daily Practice
Posted in prioritization, tagged Commitment; Daily practice on 4 Nov 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I eavesdropped on a telephone conversation this afternoon. The speaker on our sofa told his caller: Jeff Atwood is one of the most widely read IT bloggers; he said the secret to success was to write something daily.
I think that’s a profound truth. Any time you demonstrate commitment to something, what’s that hackneyed Goethe quote, [...]
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