December 2010
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More And Less 2011 - Looking Ahead
More Shipping
I spent the last few months of 2010 getting the foundation laid for what I hope is a successful 2011. Success in 2011 means shipping. Shipping takes on various forms for me.
Communicating consistently. This past year, when I was doing 300 words a day on this blog, it was one of the most productive times in recent memory. I had clarity of thought and direction. This year, I...
More And Less 2010 - Wrapping Up
At the beginning of this year, I set out to live differently. I called it the More And Less List, and it went something like this:
More doing, less talking about doing
More time with people I want to spend time with, less time with people I don’t
More thinking about impacting the world, less time about impacting me
More seeing the world, less seeing the inside of my house
More in the...
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We, The Nation
“We need to hold our leaders more accountable. I can’t believe some of the things they are getting away with these days. As a Nation, we should be ashamed of how they lie to us, and how poor of a job they are doing.”
“I couldn’t agree more”, I said. ”But I don’t think the current group in Washington is a whole lot different from the last...
I Am Moving
Today I am moving my blog to Tumblr. I have been thinking about this for a while, and decided to pull the trigger today.
There are some holes in the migration to Tumblr from Blogger which I am still working out, but I decided to pull the trigger anyway.
Hoping it is not all that painful, but that may be wildly optimistic.
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Bursts
I enjoy studying my own ineptitude when it comes to staying on task. I have come to the realization that my best work happens in one to two hour bursts of creativity and energy. It usually happens after I have cleared my head of unnecessary fodder. It can happen in the morning, afternoon, or at 11:30 at night, but when it does it’s a lot of fun. I once read that Richard Branson is like...
Why I Coach
For the last four years, I have coached basketball at a small high school here in Raleigh. When I decided to start my own company this fall, I had to weigh pretty heavily whether or not I could do it again this year. The time commitment is huge. We practice for two hours a day, and travel all over the eastern part of NC for our games. On a practical level, it made no sense for me to sign up to...