More Stuff, More Problems A lot of the times, we think the answer is coming from the outside. We feel the other lawn, a new set of clothes, purchased software, more stuff will solve the problems we have in front of us. What we end up with is more clutter and confusion. Seeing Inside First […]
Do What You Are Afraid of
Fear Grabs You It’s funny how fear grabs you, stops you in your tracks. I’ve felt fear for many, many years with my projects and goals. I see the size of the things I have to do, in order to get it done. I shrink away. I’ve had people told me, “I don’t have what […]
Persistence Is Omnipotent
The Importance of Persistence “Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan Press On! […]
Creating Crap is Better Than Nothing
The Doubt of Making Something Good You sit down. You have the piano in front of you. It’s your first lesson. The piano teacher pulls out a sheet of music. You look at it. It is in another language. It has 5 lines going horizontally repeated with a small space. There are small vertical lines […]
Give an Inch, Take a Mile
A Crack Becomes a Gusher You have to take care when you’re giving things or making mistakes. Sometimes what you think is small can be much, much larger, longer, and more dangerous. Toronto Raptors vs. Cleveland Cavaliers The Raptors are trying to become a premiere team. They are looking for their first NBA Championship. In […]
Get It Down
I Lost Them I couldn’t believe it. I had a bunch of ideas for my posts in Cyper. Some of them seemed quite good, but I thought my memory could hold them until I can get it down. Silly me. They slipped out of my mind like me slipping on ice on a wintry day. […]
Embracing Chaos
Crap Hits the Fan Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong. * Murphy’s Law So I got this plan to work on my projects. I had made a block of time to do my work in the morning like today’s post and other projects. I was ready to get started and then… I dropped […]
Keep Momentum Going
The Ball is Rolling Starting is hard. The reason is internal. Your brain will make any excuse from doing any meaningful work. Once you passed that start and keep at it day after day after day, you can feel the flow of your project. You can see how you can get better. The work becomes […]
One Step at a Time
When Life Gets Crazy When I get up in the morning and think about what has to be done, I see a billion things in my mind’s eye. If I have thousands of urgent tasks, I freeze; I panic and stop my movements. I wonder what is my first step. It looks like everything I […]
Be Present
Be Counted For If you’re going to go anywhere in life, you have to be there Find Out More. You have to come into the office. You have to turn on the computer and run the program. You have to type in the words, draw the pen strokes. You got to keep at it for […]