Archive for 2016

Improv here!

I used to do a lot of improvisational comedy 20+ years ago. And also did a little stand-up comedy too. Though I was better at, and preferred, the improvisational performances. The thing about improvisational comedy is that whilst improvised, it doesn’t mean unprepared. For a 2 hour show we would prepare for 15 or 20…

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Flipping Experienced

“Experience” is a short-hand way of saying “Did a lot of different things. Tried. Failed. And tried again.” You don’t get “experience” by flipping the same burger in the same way over-and-over again. You just get darned good at flipping that one burger.

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Poor But Wealthy

Are you doing it to get rich or are you doing it to get wealthy? Understand the difference between those two and you will understand money.

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Fishing For Condescension

Could you fish for yourself a little while? I’m tired of fishing for you. I’ve shown you how to fish. I’ve shown you every trick I know on how to catch fish. But still, you sit there idly and wait for me to catch the fish. There’s no more fish from me. And if you…

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Give Diligence Its Due

It is exciting to create something anew. To work on a project with potential. To build something from nothing. The real work begins when you have to clean up the mess, fix and maintain all the broken parts, and keep the machine running.

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Seeing Failure

Failure is how we grow as a species. The problem is that most people see the failure, not the growth.

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Failure To Lunch Re: Ducks!

I don’t want you to fail at that. I don’t even expect you to fail at it. I expect that you will just give up. That is the point not at which you failed to do the thing you set out to do but the point at which you yourself failed. That is what I…

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Definition of Wealthy

Do not let people define who you are by the number on a balance sheet or the amount of money you have in your wallet. And you shouldn’t let it define you either.

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Busy Being Urgent

The best form of procrastination I know is to be busy performing urgent work rather than performing the important work.

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You’re Lousy… Today

The me of today believes that the me of yesterday was a lousy programmer. If you believe that the you of yesterday is as good as the you of today then you are failing at whatever it is you do.

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Necessarily Importantly Urgent

1) There’s urgent work. 2) There’s necessary work. 3) There’s important work. The number in front of each is how many hours you should perform of each type of work per day.

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Value of Honour

Engage with products (not brands) that honour and value your time rather than consume and squander it.

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Employability metrics

Most people are seeking desperately for job security but what they should be actively working on is employability. Employability guarantees you continuous work anywhere, at any time. Job security just guarantees you work whilst your employer has a need for you.

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Life’s Cluttered

“I know my wife’s clutter has gotten too much for me when I start investigating different models of incinerators.” There are great articles all over the internet, and even quite a few books published, on how to manage the clutter in your life. But what we never stop to consider is the different types of…

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