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I’ve been consciously working to reduce my email because Email is an interruption and mostly a nuisance.I’ve been unsubscribing from pointless emails, flyers. I just never use them.
I signed up for a Google Activity report which provides stats on my usage of email and stats are looking good.
Thought for my Day: Be replaceable
We were less interested in whether students can simply reproduce what they have learned in school, but we wanted to test whether they can extrapolate from what they know and apply their knowledge in novel situations. Now, some people have criticized us for this. They say, you know, such a way of measuring outcomes is [...]
With luck on your side, you can do without brains. Giordano Bruno
In pioneer days they used oxen for heavy pulling, and when one ox couldn’t budge a log, they didn’t try to grow a larger ox. We shouldn’t be trying for bigger computers, but for more systems of computers. Source: The Wit and Wisdom of Grace Hopper Grace Hopper
I’m not the sort of person who sets myself goals because I believe that settings goals is practicing failure. I would prefer to think of my life as a work in progress or a continuous cycle of improvement. Just because I’m doing something well today doesn’t mean I can’t do it better tomorrow, or be ready for a new opportunity.
Your thinking & attitudes should never be limited by a milestone or goals. That sets a stage for u proposition nderachievement or limited horizons. If you are focussed on a goal, you could miss a better opportunity. Total focus might achieve short term goals like a certification or an exam result but life isn’t a short term.
For example, whatever goals I might have set for Packet Pushers Podcast, I could never have imagined that we would exceed a 1 million downloads in 2012. I mean, Packet Pushers podcasts are downloaded on average 2000 times a day! Hard to imagine or plan for that.
I aim to achieve excellence every day and at everything. There isn’t a single goal I could set to achieve that.
OK, that sounds like I’m a tosspot, but hey, that’s what I do so I’ll own it.
Here is a Mind Map that I put together to consider what my “resolutions” are for the new year. These are ‘things’ that I need to work on, attitudes I need to change, rules to judge life choices by, and create a good outlook on life.
One of the greater mistakes that people make in presentations is talking about “The Problem”. When your audience already knows the The Problem then all you can do is bore them and lose their attention.
Mike Crowe left a comment on my recent article Getting Less Interruptions and More Time by Not Answering the Phone: He said: I have a manager at my new job who likes to remind our team of his favorite adage: “There are 10 different ways to tell someone no, and 9 of them start with [...]
One of the more complex challenges when learning, researching or studying is that there is no “race to run”. You can’t “beat someone else”, or make it to finish. For vendors and industry certifications, the exam is a challenge that comes at the end of the ‘race’ but who are you competing with ? [...]
When I was a young man, it strikes me that everything seemed like it possible. I could be anything, I could do anything. As an adult, I’ve made choices and have deep commitments that prevent me me being able to do “anything”. I can only choose from the available options. What’s left in my power [...]
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EtherealMind hosts a podcast on Data Networking where we talk nerdy about technology, recent events, conduct interviews and more. We look at technology, the industry and our daily work lives every week.
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