I just updated this blog’s theme (look, feel, colors, navigation, etc.) Each time I do that, I glance through previous posts to make sure things still look good and function well. In doing so, I saw a couple previous posts of mine. After reading them again, I liked ‘em. That’s where the vanity and self-kudos come into play.
a late up-a-joe – Among several other things in that post, I bullet some takeaways from a conference I went to. It was a valuable experience for me…
- Listening cannot be overrated. It leads the way to trust and should overshadow passion to continue to build trust.
- Passion is fun to watch. Even when I totally disagree with whatever point of view, I love hearing about it from someone who has a passion about it. It adds so much more depth and color and is more alive.
- I think that a lot of tech/geek stuff is amazingly useful, practical, powerful, and life changing. AND, I think that most people could not care less if they were paid to care less. The general public and even the vast majority of the tech world does not care about “the latest” or “the most productive” or “the best.” They want was is comfortable and what they can relate to and more of what they know. (I’m indifferent on this point. But, it was my take-away.)
- Geeks are edge cases. (Sorry Scoble. Who, by the way I got a chance to meet in person over the past few days. He’s genuine and I think he’ll keep going further with whatever he does.) I think that by definition, you have to be an edge case in order to be a true geek. I haven’t been everywhere, but I have been a few places. Edge case is a great description of what a geek is to anyone who is not a geek. Everyone else gets it. I think geeks are edge cases.
- I care *WAY* more about relationships and about making family life better and about becoming a better leader and follower and friend – than I do about technology. Sure, technology can help there. It will *NEVER* be the driving force behind a person developing a quality of character and integrity. That’s all from parents, our surrounding, our upbringing and our uniqueness as individuals.
- I care more for integrity and a quality character than I do for “skill” or “passion” or “experience.” I hope I continue to maintain the highest value for positive qualities and character of people with integrity and personal responsibility. A distant second or third is that other stuff that people do for their jobs.
- Good food makes people more social and easier to be around.
- People operate better with some structure and some guidelines – but also with some freedom to push those boundaries, knowing that they are valued and that their insight may make the task at hand or the vision or the solution better. It’s a balance. However, I see people operating better when there is some structure and some guidelines.
Simplify. Simplify. Simplify. – This post speaks well towards my continuing desires to become more productive and to enjoy the process…
Notes to anyone with junk: Throw it away! If *anyone* thinks it’s junk, it probably is. Throw it away! You don’t need it. You don’t need to think about who might need it. You don’t need any of the stress related to it. Throw it away! Simplify. Simplify. Simplify.
