Monthly Archives: September, 2010
Time Management Notes
A few days ago a friend asked for some tips on time management. In Feb 2008, I took some notes on key principles from Randy Pausch’s Time Management Lecture (not to be confused by his Last Lecture). It was great to re-read my notes. It’s funny because I can see where I’ve gotten better in [...]
Design with Intent … the download cards
If you are a designer, an artist, a thinker, a manager, a doer, a leader, a decision maker for anything you should check out the “Design with Intent” cards. These cards/slides have examples of how design can influence behavior.
Campbell Goes to School
Well, besides the fact that he woke at 5:30am (not normal), had about 4 meltdowns before 7:30, when we got to class his name was on the door because mom forgot some paperwork, his sandwich was confiscated because mom didn’t know it was a peanut free school, and when I picked him up he lost [...]
Mike’s Story Lines
Earlier this year I finished Donald Miller’s book A Million Miles in a Thousand Years (http://amillionmiles.com/). Since beginning (and finishing) his book I’ve been reflecting on my story. It was a couple of months after I finished his book when he published a blog post that revived that desire to live a great story http://donmilleris.com/2010/04/30/if-youre-life-were-a-movie. [...]
Mike’s Story – Training Missions
As I work on “My Story” I’m putting into practice a method shared in the book The Power of Story. This method is about turning Story into Action. These “Training Missions” are concrete measurables – evidence that I am correcting/adjusting my story. The key is to pick a few changes at a time. I’ve selected [...]
Off to Pre-School
Today is Campbell’s first day of pre-school.
