“The universe is change; Life is opinion.”
Marcus Aurelius
Herein lie some of mine.
- Personal Leadership & Management Part VI: Basic Workflow to Get Things Done My WayThis article is the first of three concerning my ‘Personal Management’ process. It’s also part six of a series about ‘Personal Leadership and Management.’ In case you missed it, Part V detailed where we came from—Personal Leadership (Parts I-IV)—and where we are going next—Personal Management. My process is organic and has changed over the years… Read more: Personal Leadership & Management Part VI: Basic Workflow to Get Things Done My Way
- Dog: a Poem About a FlâneurThe philosophically complex poem Dog, by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, describes the carefree, independent wandering of a curious yet serious inquisitor of life and meaning in an urban environment. Dog appears in a collection of seven “oral messages” conceived specifically for jazz accompaniment, rather than as poems written for the printed page. They all appeared, however, on… Read more: Dog: a Poem About a Flâneur
- Update to “Poppa’s Got a Brand New Bag”I left a few things open-ended and unanswered in the last article about my new EDC bag. I’m back with this post as an addendum of sorts. I will answer some of those questions and make some corrections. Corrections? Sort of. Now that I’ve had the new bag out in the wild, so to speak,… Read more: Update to “Poppa’s Got a Brand New Bag”
- Personal Leadership & Management Part V: Personal Management OverviewWe have finally arrived at the transition from ‘leadership’ to ‘management.’ Back in parts I-IV we talked about ‘Personal Leadership.’ That was all about your Ultimate Mission and Grand Strategy, Roles or Identities, “Sharpening the Saw,” and finding your purpose, values, character strengths, principles, and virtues. So parts one through four are all the high-level… Read more: Personal Leadership & Management Part V: Personal Management Overview
- “Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag”Satchel. Murse. Man-bag. Call it what you will, I’ll always carry one. Oh, and to all you trendy youngsters with the “cross-body” bags and “slings,” quit fooling yourself. Those are just overpriced fanny packs with the 1980’s dust knocked off of them and the “OP” label replaced with a “Lulu Lemon” brand. Similar to the… Read more: “Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag”
