Ira Glass (Host of “This American Life“) has an oft-quoted piece about creative work titled “The Gap”. You can read it here, but it’s been made into vines and videos and lots…
The Four Questions, Part 1
In the first part of this series, I described the four (ok, really five) questions that monitoring professionals are frequently asked: Why did I get an alert? Why didn’t I get…
Moments
We’re told to visualize success. And when we do – when we imagine ourselves winning, it’s in a moment. But there’s another moment we should be envisioning – the moment before the moment….
The Four Questions – Introduction
This article originally appeared in a scaled-down version here on PacketPushers.net. I’m posting it in it’s full form here as an introduction to the full series. For people who are interested in…
Lose, Survive, or Win?
My teenage son has had a rough patch lately – like many teens. Getting up for school requires Herculean commitment. Being civil, let alone kind, is almost impossible. No surprises there, it’s…
MovieBob and Magneto
(Inspired by the article: “Magneto was Right” which has subsequently been taken down, but the video is here) I really liked the character of Magneto in X-Men 1 and 2. The character had…
Breaking the Loop
There are times when doing it all over again can be part of a brand new discovery. And there are times (maybe MOST of the time) when it’s not. There are times…
LINK: Do what you love
And thanks to Doug at http://www.asknice.com for pointing it out. http://www.paulgraham.com/love.html How to Do What You Love January 2006 To do something well you have to like it. That idea is not…
I’d Like the Record to Reflect…
What do you do when creativity refuses to cooperate? When you have the intention to create something, but that spark, that “thing” just isn’t happening? Author Elizabeth Gilbert (“Eat, Pray, Love”) gave…
The difference
Between going through the motions, and actually wanting to succeed. http://thisisindexed.com/2011/02/denial-vs-progress/