New rule: 15 minute posts. Here goes the first one. I often wonder if I’m biting off more than I can chew. This happens at work, at home and generally in my life. These questions usually come up whenever I feel particularly overwhelmed, tired or stressed out. Some people say that it’s not so much [...]
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Why I’m Not Abandoning This Blog.
I haven’t been very good at keeping up with this blog. It’s been several years now since I’ve started it in the first place, and never quite managed to maintain a consistent posting schedule. Life kind of takes over, and before you know it, it’s been months since your last post. But I keep coming [...]
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Finding the Time
Friends often ask me how I find the time to work on all the different projects I seems to be involved in: a full-time job that I love being a dad to 6 month old son, that I love even more unending series of business challenges with Grampa’s Honey And now two new projects: Organizing a [...]
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The Lizard Brain
More on the theme of doing stuff, vs thinking about doing stuff. Re-discovered this today: About this presentation Bestselling author and entrepreneur Seth Godin outlines a common creative affliction: sabotaging our projects just before we show them to the world. Godin targets our “lizard brain” as the source of these primal doubts, and implores us [...]
Thriving in volatile environments, a talk by Dr. Gregory Shea
Well worth watching if you work in a fast-paced, constantly changing environment. I liked that Dr. Shea gives lots of practical advice about how to handle yourself. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZyrD4DzfDk[/youtube] From: AtGoogleTalks | Mar 16, 2011 Dr. Gregory Shea works with organizations and executives to enhance individual, group, and organizational performance. Today’s complex and volatile environment demands unprecedented creativity [...]
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Dreaming of the land
Recently I’ve been on an agricultural kick, often finding myself day-dreaming about working outside, reminiscing about how I used to roam my great-grandparent’s farm in Ukraine when I was little. Living in Colorado, it’s so easy to fall in love with the beauty of the land. Here are a couple of dreams: A California Avocado [...]
Going vegetarian for a week
After much thought and encouragement from friends and family, I am officially a vegetarian for a week. Starting yesterday. There are many reasons why someone would want to be a vegetarian, and I don’t necessarily want to have that discussion here, but I’ve been thinking about it long enough that it’s time to actually try [...]
Why I stopped volunteering at my Neighborhood Association
For the last year, I’ve been an active volunteer at the South City Park Neighborhood Association (SCPNA). As the “Secretary” of SCPNA, I was in a supporting role, helping the president and other officers conduct the neighborhood business. For example, while the president was on vacation in Europe, I stepped in to publish the quarterly [...]
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Simply Honey
A few weeks ago I had to pleasure of being able to visit Simply Honey, a Colorado bee keeper in Alamosa, and given a personal tour of the honey making operation. Simply Honey’s owner and sole employee is Brent Edelen, a third generation bee keeper. He has between 500 and 600 colonies that he moves [...]
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Lovely Confections
A couple of weeks ago, my wife and I were in a bit of a cake emergency (a decoration disaster!) and were heroically rescued by a local bakery/cupcake shop called Lovely Confections. Porche Lovely, the owner of Lovely Confections stepped up to the challenge and was able to spontaneously re-decorate a cake from another bakery in about [...]
