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I have made great progress in the past month or so. Time to record my progress.

Continue reading “Updating – so hard to do!”

I invested some time learning how WordPress works and whether I can use it for my online ambitions — especially relating to Responsibility Matrix. And, guess what. I can.

Continue reading “WordPress is the way”

I’ve spent a few days lazing about and not updating this blog. But I actually do have a few things to document. Let me catch up on my tech activities.

Continue reading “Easy Tech”

I’m being pragmatic. Avoiding perfectionism. I am hoping it’s a good strategy.

Continue reading “No miracles requested”

My natural tendency is to be a jack-of-all-trades. Because I can do certain things, I often convince myself I should. I’m starting to see, now, how that’s detrimental to my goals.

Continue reading “Focus and Partner”

I’ve been a planner. Mostly because my job consisted of year-long projects and you really can’t let things slide until Q4 and expect it to all go smoothly. So, I plan. But things are a little different now.

Continue reading “Planning is for chumps”

Much of what I’m trying to do is “share my wisdom”. Not unusual for someone recently retired. I want to make everyone else’s path a little easier by sharing my successes and failures in hopes that they can avoid the failures and look for similar success opportunities.

Continue reading “Building Wisdom in Others”

Today I spent some time considering what I’m really trying to accomplish. I wrote out a few pages in my journal this morning – trying to gain some insights.

Continue reading “Keep focusing – tighter and tighter”

It seems that quarterly planning for personal goals is about as far as anyone should wander. To have a strong sense of where you want to be a full year from now? Wow. Not something I can do with any conviction.

Continue reading “It’s Quarterly Planning Time!”

Everyone wants to believe that their pet project – that thing that drives their creative juices – is truly important. And, really, it probably is. But we also want to believe that other people care about our ideas. That may be pushing it.

Continue reading “Nobody cares about your work as much as you.”