How valuable has education been to your career success?
Kind of a loaded question, eh?!
Reminds me of what Tony Robbins (the personal development guru) is reputed to have said when queried on his lack of formal qualifications:
“I have a Ph.D. - a Ph.D. in Results.” lol!
How disarming! ‘love it!
Anyway, I happened to come across UK-based […]
I haven’t been this moved by a film (and all I’ve seen so far is the YouTube trailer!!) - since the final 30 minutes of The Shawshank Redemption.
“Man on Wire” tells the incredible, true story of Philippe Petit’s 7th August 1974 highwire artistry on a 3/4 inch steel cable suspended between the two World Trade […]
Since Google is well known for being a great place to work and following on from Tuesday’s post on Google TechTalks Coaching , below is my current list of questions about coaching and mentoring within the Big ‘G’.
To get the creative juices flowing I used my trusty copy of MindGenius and generated a simple outline […]
If you haven’t done so, then please read part 1:
Perfection In Such An Average Day
Well, my average day actually stretched through the weekend and included these 5 simple highlights:
1- Attending a School Choir and Band Concert
2- Going For a Run after 10 days off with a cold
3- Enjoying a couple of Beers at home
4- Late […]
I highlighted the incredible story of Scott Rigsby, IronMan extraordinaire in this Feb 2008 post on doing the unthinkable.
Tonight I was pleased to watch his new short movie by following this link: Unthinkable
Honest to goodness, a better example of a true “IronMan” hero to marvel at would be hard to find - even in Hollywood […]
“The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand the exponential function.”
Professor Albert Bartlett
I came across Prof Bartlett’s work while I was googling how to better explain percentage changes to my sixth grade daughter recently.
Having taught Maths & Physics in the UK many moons ago I was intrigued enough to check […]
Oxfam Japan’s Trailwalker event is coming up on 16-18 May and it’s a tough one:
Complete 100Km in 48 hours through the “hilly” Japanese countryside.
Team Satree-Lek are up for the challenge and I wish them well.
They did it last year - my daughter and I were part of their support team.
If you are able and […]
One unnerving aspect to career change is leaving safe and familiar territory to take a calculated risk in some unexplored field.
Even with years of experience and transferable skills, it can be an exciting but often nerve racking ride - as you find yourself (temporarily) “knowingly incompetent” in new skills others have already mastered.
Rather than being […]
Well, I can truthfully report that Al Secunda’s 15 Second Principle works for me - in the form of using it to finally release the audio interview I did with him some weeks ago now.
Ever the latent perfectionist, I soon noticed the urge to do anything but publish the d^%n thing!
Such as:
editing it with Audacity […]
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Thinking about “following your passion” but not sure how to combine your “day job” with your “hobby”?
(Note: there is some adult content on Danny’s site and it may not be safe to access from work.)
Danny Choo’s story is worth spending some time on.
I like how he continues to use skills acquired in the corporate world […]
