Finding Clarity in an Ambiguous World
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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…
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How We See The World
What do you see when you look at this picture? Photo Credit: エン バルドマン via Compfight Those from the West are typically drawn to focus on the Shark then search for other objects of significance. Those from the East still see the shark, but also pay attention to the overall context (like the school of…
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The Story Of Other People
Have you ever stopped to think how many people all over the world take a shower every morning? Or how many never take showers at all? Our world is filled with so many different people, each one has important thoughts, important things to do, important people to see. Our natural course is to assume that…
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The Experience and The Memory
This afternoon, I started to swim to this island. It looked like a short swim away, I mean it seemed to only be sticking out of the sea by about one or two feet. After swimming for a while, I started to see people standing on the island who had kayaked there. Given their height,…
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The Beauty and Horror of Emotions
Ever been in an argument and not be able to think of a single thing the offending person has done for you? We use words like always or never because no matter how hard we try our emotions cloud our thoughts. Yet without emotions, we would forget most of what we experience. My friend who…
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The Quest for Something Concrete
Recently, I watched a rerun of The West Wing that showed the president right after his daughter had been kidnapped and safely returned. Shaken by the uncertainty of life, the President faces a number of ambiguous challenges, balancing complex relationships between a number of nations. In the midst of this, a series of tornadoes strikes…
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