2016
You suffer when you have lots of busy “work”
We all dream of doing something more with our lives. You, in particular, probably plan on saving the world with your inventions, creative ideas, and research. And it would all happen, too, if you weren’t so busy. Let’s get something out in the open first: You are only as busy as you decide to be. That’s […]
2016
Pay It Forward First
We’ve all heard of the concept of “paying it forward”. Some heard about it from countless self-help books, others from the film Pay It Forward, or if you’re earning your accolades, you’ve heard about it from the original source, In the Garden of Delight by Lily Hardy Hammond. It’s concept is that instead of paying someone back […]
2016
I believe everyone’s an educator
I recently read a book called Learning Habits by Stephanie Donaldson-Pressman and colleagues. There are lots of good points to this book that, if taken to heart, can give you an idea and plan on how to best help your kids make learning a life-long habit, not just a “thing” you do to get by. “Simple” things, […]
2016
Little to no progress in your path?
Everyone wishes that things were different. Sadly, many people never get past these wishes into planning. Even fewer get past the planning stages and into moving forward. Many people will try to sell you secret recipes for success, but there are really not any. It takes just two “secret” weapons and they are completely free to you. […]
2016
The difference between public policy and a coffee table
As the political climate in America comes to a boiling point, I’m finally taking some time out to dissect the argument of the candidates to see which ones I think might do a decent job running this country. Some of these people can’t tell the difference between public policy and a coffee table. One is […]
2016
Just Stop Your Wasting Your Time Already
If you are anything like me, you’ve signed up for countless free classes on a myriad of things over the years. There are emails that you routinely delete because you can’t even remember what the sender was originally from, but you’re sure that some day it might be useful. So, you ignore them thinking you’ll […]
2016
My 3 Words of 2016 (and guiding goals for Insanitek)
The first time I heard of the “word(s) a year” concept, it was from Chris Brogan. My first year of trying it, I failed miserably because I wasn’t comfortable in what our primary focuses were. There was just too much to do, too little time. I chose words, but I didn’t focus on it at […]
2015
When yearly planning goes too far
Every year I have this bizarre ritual of making my own calendar pages for my day planner, planning out a year in course detail, and leaving large chunks of time blank. Think, adding birthdays and dates I have to remember, then jotting down a note like “Q1 goal: get systems organised”, then not actually breaking […]
2015
Have a little faith
The title sounds odd coming from an atheist, doesn’t it? Bear with me for a few moments and hear me out before you hit the exit button. Since dropping off into depression due to my father dying, things have not been the same. Then, as I was bouncing back, I came down with the worst flu […]
Thoughts on Universities Acting as VCs
In January, 2015 University of California made some ripples in the Venture Capitalist pond when they announced their decision to toss out their long-standing notions that the university would not get involved in outside ventures and replace it with a new ruling stating that they would have a $250 million fund for new ventures that […]
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