Archive for October, 2006

Life Changing Events

Posted October 16, 2006 * Comments(0)

There are very few things in life that will cause your life or outlook to change suddenly.  Having a child is definitely one of them.

I’ve had time away from my hectic work schedule to do a lot of catch-up on life things.

  • Contact old friends.  Found two already just with the magic of the Internet.
  • Watch TV
  • I have two heroes now - Steve Jobs (single handedly redefining consumer electronics and PC convergence) and Mark Cuban (great perspective on how to use the Internet)
  • Think about how to make the world better
    • One thing that Cuban said (paraphrasing) was that blogs should be around to convey information, else they’re just taking up useless space.
  • Things I want to change:
    • How people find small businesses of interest locally
    • How people learn to train or teach others - Talking to my mother (a teacher of some 30+ years), teaching / coaching / managing are all very similar they just occur at different points in people’s lives.  However, they all have the same objective.  Make you a better person.

    It will take me a bit of time, but I really feel like the time off staring at my newborn girl (with my two year old running around starving for attention) has given me some focus.  I can definitely apply it to my current job, and I feel like I can expand it going forward.

    One thing the Internet really is about is sharing information.  I definitely want to do my part to add to information out there.