Category: Meaningful Management
Knowing doesn’t free you from doing
With a plethora of knowledge around us it’s easy to consume said knowledge and make the mistaken assumption that we somehow learned by osmosis. That reading a book frees you of ever committing an undesirable act, simply by knowing it’s undesirable. For example, helicopter parenting, you can read book after book about how abhorrent it is but that doesn’t stop…
Buy a starting point
These days a solid criticism of Amazon is that they simply have too many choices. Consequently, it can be hard to decide what to get when you have hundreds and even thousands of choices for any given type of product. Type “grabber” into Amazon’s search box. There’s no way to look at every option. Just pick one that seems good…
Procrastination is key for organization
Just getting everything moved into a new home is enough of a burden that some people give up at this point. They don’t bother with a concerted effort to unpack boxes. Instead, they wait until something is needed to rip apart boxes. These people often have countless unpacked boxes that their children have to rummage through the day after their…
Bad things aren’t the problem. Surprise is.
All day, every day, things don’t go as expected. Or, things fail. Or, just don’t go well. For example, I was recording a video today when suddenly my apartment was ensconced with the sound of a jack hammer coming from a crew doing road repairs outside my home. These unpleasantries can topple your mood in a matter of seconds. And…
Reinvent the Wheel!
I’ve never been a fan of absolutist prescription. Nothing is without qualification. For example, “don’t reinvent the wheel” I prefer “reinvent the wheel if you have a good reason…”
Don’t listen to yourself
Your friends love you. Don’t listen to yourself. Your conscience is just paranoid and mean.
Guilt is not a measure of productivity
Recently, a good friend of mine articulated that guilt is not a sign of a lack of productivity. If you feel unproductive, you should take a minute to determine if it’s just misplaced guilt. Guilt comes from many things: Insecurity Wrong expectations No expectations No reflection upon success Forgetting the good, focusing on the bad Any of the above means…