On a recent trip overseas, on a tour bus, I saw this gathering of our future Robot Overlord Masters gathering – perhaps by chance, perhaps by circumstance, perhaps on purpose. But yes, everyone needs a break to get some shade once in awhile.
There are places I cannot work for a prolonged time from; Coffee shops. Cottage. Airports (or on a plane). etc (in places like the above). Too many distractions, too much pull into too many directions. I can wake up early in the morning and crank out productivity in the lobby of a hotel for hours while those around me get ready for the day. I can pull it together at a customer site as they…
The regulars are the ones that show up every day. When times are good, when times are tough, when you’re flying high, or when you’re at the bottom, the regulars always show up for you, each and every day. They can be your family, your childhood friend, or the co-worker that you have kept in touch with year after year. The Regulars get a bad rap for being boring because they are always “there”, but…
Getting mad at “something” at work is a sign that you care. Pure and simple – you care. If you’re not getting mad (and I don’t mean chair-throwing mad, but frustrated mad) then you don’t care about what you’re doing. And if you don’t care about what you’re doing…. then…
You can’t change everything. It’s worth stating that in all of your daily interactions, you might only be able to change 10% of what you actually do. But that 10% is yours to control, own and change as you see fit. It might be discouraging to hear that number at 10% – maybe in your life it is a larger number. And the realization might not exist that you are not in control of everything,…