An important reminder as you strive for improvement in 2013

The best time to look for a job is when you already have one…

LinkedIn profiles
must have changed the title 30 times since inception
many changes... not afraid of making mistakes
many changes… not afraid of making mistakes
a border is good
a border is good

An important reminder as you strive for improvement in 2013…

Everything takes longer than we think.

Here’s what I remind myself: the time will pass anyway. Keep moving forward.

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Who can blame either group for wanting better traffic?

Bridge I beams
notice the port-a-potty across the way… the I-beams are easily six feet tall
no gate, no keep out, no “no trespassing”

 

No gate, no “keep out”, no “no trespassing”. An open invitation attractive nuisance to inspect the job site.

A Friday evening in September… 2012.

Traffic will never be the same. But will it be better than, or worse than, before.

Something every highway engineer and marketing professional worries about.

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Stop!

Brooklyn, NY
It’s not Disney World, yet it’s very decently organized (Brooklyn, NY)

 

Stop!

Stop?

But wait, didn’t you say yesterday to Go?

Yes. Go.

And stop making excuses. We are deserving of a great, organized life.

This is our responsibility.

Not talking organizational perfection.

Just fundamentally… decently organized… and simplified.

Some of the most basic:

  • declutter – purge unnecessary things, which is tricky because….
  • we must be honest about what’s (really) necessary
  • try to touch paper only once, try to avoid putting it down “for later”
  • create and organize digital files (for email and bookmarked websites)
  • minimize our temptation to say yes to everything

None of this is particularly easy.

We can never go wrong with slow and steady.

And sometimes, yes, we will need a bulldozer and a few days.

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Go!

Yes, Orlando is home base, yet the classroom is "the world"
Yes, Orlando is home base, yet the classroom is “the world”

Go! No one will force us to be remarkable today. They just want us to do a good job.

Our job though, shouldn’t we assume, is to do it in such a way, it’s remarkable.

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Not too far past the deadline…

Junior's Famous cheesecake, Brooklyn
Junior’s Famous cheesecake, Brooklyn

Missing a bedtime blogging deadline by ten minutes… we’ll take it, right? It’s time for bed, not a huge slice of decadent, world-famous New York Brooklyn cheesecake. The message? Push yourself, make compromises, and do it in a balanced, reasonable way.

What’s balanced and reasonable? That’s for each of us to figure out for ourselves.

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