Oh, like I’m really one to talk about this subject. I have yet to actually learn how to avoid the “ooh – shiny” syndrome. New projects, topics, issues all spark that engine that runs my hamster wheel. And we’re off and running, leaving whatever I was working on behind. Now, I get things done. I [...]
Categories: Small Change
Tagged: execution, focus, idea hamster, small change
“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” – Leo Tolstoy Change. I think about it a lot. I griped about it related to our local TED event last year. I struggle with it daily. I want to be it. I want to cause it. I want to see it. [...]
Categories: Life,Small Change
I sew. You might have figured that out by now. And usually I sew quilts. It’s very straightforward, somewhat geometric, somewhat simple sewing. I used to make clothes. Or try to anyway. Not that my sewing wasn’t up to snuff, but my patience for the amount of alteration needed to make a pattern actually fit [...]
Categories: Life,Quilts and Other Crafts,Small Change
Tagged: sewing, small steps, success
I’m the queen of distraction lately. Got promoted from princess, actually. I’ve always been one to chase the shiny and new. I love ideas, I love brainstorming, I love pondering possibility. So how I became known for getting things done … . Let’s just say I leave a lot more undone than I do done. [...]
Categories: Crap I Refuse to Put Up With,Small Change
Tagged: distraction, focus
I’m working on a plan for world domination right now. Someday, you will all work for me. (Muwhaha!!) But I have discovered over the years that while I have great ability to visualize where something can go, what it can be, that same visualization serves to undermine the whole project. I can see the vast [...]
Categories: Small Change
Tagged: business plan, change, Elephant, small change, small steps, Visualization, World domination
on November experiment: Scheduling myself for strategic success
