August 2009
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What day is it?
Ever since I started my own business and work from home I have found I do the exact same things everyday. Wake up, coffee, work, dinner, blah blah. Sounds pretty normal, but for goodness sake why do I have the hardest time remembering what day it is? Because I don’t have coworkers? Because Saturday is just another day? Weird.
June 2009
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Vision and Execution
5/23/09 - 1:30PM I spent the last few days analyzing basic profit and loss information for both my primary job and my personal side business. I find the similarities astounding. I think in both instances the problems come down to vision and execution. Let’s examine.
Execution: A business needs to execute on the tactics/strategies that have been set up. Everyone has a job to do. My job...
May 2009
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Music for today: NOFX - We Called It America →
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Responsibility is the gutter sweeper of motivation
Motivation and responsbility. Are the two intertwined, or completely different? If one is motivated do they take responsibility more seriously, or do they feel less responsibility and more intrinsic motivation. Is responsibility an “understanding” of things that must be done or an extrinsic motivator?
responsibility - The state or fact of having a duty to deal with something or of...
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Music for today: Phoenix - Big Sun →
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Saving face and surviving
5/21/09 9:52AM - Haven’t done this for a while. Almost, or maybe more than a year now. Seems like I always get to the point where I am too pissed to work at a job after a period of time.
I got yelled at this morning by the CEO for apparently pissing off a client. Apparently I’ve done this before, but didn’t realize it. The funny thing is I actually took the time to...