I was trying a new recipe for homemade mac-and-cheese the other night, and a large part of the time spent preparing the meal was simply waiting for a large pot of water to boil. I could get every other aspect of the meal done, but I couldn’t fully complete the project until that one element […]
Every once in a while you can knock it out of the park on your first time at bat, on your first swing, on the first pitch (but those results are not typical). And even if the magical moment happens, it’s likely you were prepared to succeed because you had a lot of practice at-bats, […]
Everyone is busy these days (somethings never change), but it’s when you’re at your busiest that you’re in most need of a break. If you don’t have time for a break, how will you have time for a breakdown? Let me break it down for you You can’t run a car engine for an unlimited […]
My website went offline for a couple hours yesterday, and after consulting with the people who have my back when this sort of thing happens, they determined that the error came about because I was dangerously close to maxing out the space on my hosting account. I thought “Well, when you’ve been blogging for more […]
Although there are many times when you should go slowly, there are also times when you need to accelerate a project or situation more quickly. Ever been stuck behind someone driving way too slowly on the highway, or plodding along in the hallway of an office building? It’s agonizing. You just want to leap over […]
When you’re working on a project, planning a project, researching a project, and making decisions on how best to put that project into action, it’s like knocking an arrow into a bow and slowly drawing it back to your cheek — creating an extraordinary amount of tension in the bow string — harnessing all that […]
When I was a kid and wanted some new toy that my mother wouldn’t get for me, I probably pouted and stomped my feet for a bit. But, I didn’t let the fact I wasn’t getting my way stop me from getting what I wanted. I simply got creative. I recall one time that I […]