Life

Just Write – This is the Doing Part

by dldamore

Learn by doing. Key point→ Doing.

Want to learn? You must do. That means knowing a general area you want to learn in. Once you know that. Do things in that area. What I want to learn … Digital publishing… you know, blogging. How do tools like MarsEdit and WordPress make things that used to be hard, difficult and expensive available to the masses? Let’s embark on a journey to see how this all plays out.

 

Participants vs. Spectators

 

You are either in the game or you are watching the game. There are lots of games and some you should be in and not just watching. Make some selections for where you will participate.

 

Notes: I wrote the Title partially before writing and finished it after writing. This writing and publishing is sort of like those 365 days of pictures things people participate in. This is also sort of like a New Years Resolution except that one can start anytime. And, I am starting now. Some days will be missed. Start right back up and keep going. Who know what will be learned and where it will lead.

Go Forward!

Stretch Goals Are Important (Or WizzyWig Won $100k in 48 Hours at a Hackathon)

by dldamore

“Stretch goals, as far as I understand them, are lofty goals that you set even though you have no idea how to reach them at the time.”

(Via.) An email from Jason Calacanis, found on his website here, on July 20, 2013

 

QUESTIONS FOR CONSIDERATION

  1. Are these helpful for personal goals and wishes?
  2. What are the best ways to create stretch goals?
  3. Will you accomplish more than you ever thought possible?
  4. What is the importance of sharing these goals with advisors?


Possible Answers

  1. The only way to find out is to try it out and see what happens.
  2. Think of things you want to accomplish, limiting it to three, and pick something a little beyond where you feel comfortable.
  3. Quite possibly.
  4. Sharing makes one accountable and trusted advisors can better see the whole picture and provide advice, ideas and connections fro making your stretch goals come true.

Audio Books Completed in 2012

by dldamore

Title List

Bossypants

Escape Velocity

The Rare Find

Quiet

What Would Google Do?

The Innovator’s DNA

Good to Great

Power: Why Some People Have It – and Others Don’t

The Master Switch

Rework

Start-Up Nation

Drinking With George

How the Mighty Fall

Accidental Genius

On Bullshit

Future Perfect

Life Itself: A Memoir

Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

The Signal and the Noise

Beyond the Obvious

The Start-Up of You 

 

Notes: The book titles are mostly listed in order of completed. There are a few where the last played date was changed because I played the book at some point after completing it the first time. In 2013 I’ll try to make a note of a book the day it is completed. Looks like there are 21 titles completed for this year. There are a few that I stopped listening to part way through. Perhaps those will get a second chance in 2013.

Opportunity – Risk – Life

by dldamore

The new opportunity. Can you see it? Are your ready for it? No? That’s ok. Most people are not completely ready for what opportunity demands. The key is to be ready to make quick adjustments and to make changes on the fly after embracing that opportunity is out there and that one will push onward …

Notes:
Rather random thoughts. No editing, just writing

Critical Life Events

by dldamore

Find a way to make it to important events.

There are not a lot of these, but it’s important to know the ones that fit in the Important category. Imagine yourself in the future, how you or the other person or people would feel if you were not in attendance. Yeah, that’s how you’ll know.

The Opportunity of Now – Get It Done

by dldamore

GID = Get It Done.

Some things should, no, NEED to be done. Make a distinction and start doing. The time for talk is over. Make a choice and take decisive action. The time to start, the time to DO, is NOW. This might be your only shot. Second chances aren’t guaranteed.

No more excuses. If it’s worth doing, it’s worth taking to completion. FINISH! That’s what winners do. Be one.

Time Value Of YOUR Capability

by dldamore

It’s often hard to get quantifiable data to show (demonstrate) your value. Or rather, the incremental value you create at work. Do find a way to measure and record the results you create over time. This may take some time to find. Talk with people outside your field and ask them how they would measure success at what you do. Perhaps they will provide an imagination spark that leads to a process for highlighting your results.