Month: April 2012
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Why Information Work is “Expensive”
“I know a lawyer that charges $750/hr. At that price, I would only pay for the 3 minutes it took for him to give him the advice I needed and I would expect that he would already have the answer to the question I asked. If he had to look it up, that would be…
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Work Theater
Meetings, the practical alternative to work This quote was on my boss’ mug that he made sure to bring to every meeting he attended. These kinds of silent protests worked well when we all sat in the same conference room to have a meeting, but as we’ve become more global, we call into all conference…
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To Be, To Do, To Have : Three Kinds of Goals
When thinking through personal goals, there are three categories of goals that we might make: To Be Goals – These are self-improvement. The involve developing skillz. Examples include learning a new language, getting more sleep, being more punctual. You might think of these as goals that answer how you want to be characterized. To Do…
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Moving Back To The Rockies
Last Tuesday night, I fell asleep playing 3D tetris in my mind. It wasn’t a dream, though I wished it was. Instead I was mentally orienting all of our furniture to see how it could fit in our 17ft UHaul for our move back to Colorado. It wasn’t that we were unprepared. The previous week…
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Ambiguous Questions
Why did Paul send Tychicus to Ephesis? This was one of the questions that we were supposed to answer before meting together in a small group (after reading Ephesians 6 in the Bible). The passage discusses Paul wanting to send Tychicus to give news of their work. When we got together as a small group though people…