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9/23/2018

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​It's been a while since I wrote a post on this blog. I've just needed a break from the blog while I focused on other things for a while. If you've stuck around, thank you very much for your patience :)

The last couple of years have been full of challenges and there is always so much to do. The over-whelm gets to me sometimes as I struggle to tread water. Just the other day as I was commuting to work it occurred to me...am I so conditioned to work and life being difficult, that I have just accepted that it has to be that way? I know it isn't constantly hard for everyone. I work for a lot of people that have a pretty sweet life. But I also know that adversity finds everyone sooner or later, in one way or another. There is no escaping it. Maybe some of us get extra practice. Anyway, this is not a woe-is-me article. My life is pretty good overall, I know that, and I have much to be grateful for. 

But I'm always looking for ways to make my life easier and it usually involves some type of simplification. Simplicity is often the answer when nothing else seems to be working. Back to basics!

Just finished reading the book Born For This by one of my favourite authors, Chris Guillebeau. 
It is a good read and I may do a review sometime. But I wanted to share one simple and effective tool that I learned from this book that I've been able to use with success when it comes to managing multiple tasks on a given project...


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20 REASONS

11/5/2017

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Many opportunities await a hard working and self-motivated young person who is interested in starting a painting business...

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THE 80% PRINCIPLE OF CHANGE

10/21/2017

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How do you know when it is time to make a change?

There is a theory that says people generally do not change until the pain of the status quo is greater than the pain of change.

      “Change happens when the pain of staying the same is greater than the pain of change.”                                                                                                                                   
​                                                                                                                       - Tony Robins


That is why we hear people say things like: 'getting fired was the best thing that ever happened to me'. They likely hated their job, were to afraid to leave a stable paycheque, but since the decision was made for them they were then free to move in a direction of their choosing. We change. What made us happy and brought us satisfaction at 20, becomes different at 30, or 50.

So how do you know when it is the right time to make a move if you are unhappy about an aspect of your life? Do you have to wait for someone else to make the decision for you? Do you have to wait until you just can't take it anymore and you have a breakdown? When to initiate change is something I have struggled with over the years... 

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TIME, STRESS AND BALANCE

4/30/2017

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When we started our small contracting business, time is something that we invested heavily. Funds and experience and equipment may have been minimal, but time is something we all get an equal allotment of. If working for ourself is a priority, we will spend as much time as needed to get it off the ground.

The danger is that we stay stuck in departure mode. Imagine being on a long journey aboard a jetliner that was in lift-off mode for the entire 12 hour trans-atlantic flight. How stressful! Take off is exciting, but everyone's happy to sit back, take a deep breath and order a drink once everything is under control...

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INITIATIVE & TIME

9/1/2016

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Greetings from Berlin!

As a Micro-Contractor, you have mastered a skill that is valuable and highly transferrable. A skill that is not always easy to find in a prospective employee, partner, supplier... 

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