Old-fashioned land-line telephone service not too long ago had a monopoly on voice communications. Cell phones and Internet telephony, also known as VOIP (Voice Over IP), are quickly making the Baby Bells obsolete.
See more at http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1563073/telecommunication_in_the_21st_century.html
Over the past few months I’ve fallen back into the habit of reading the news. It’s all recession, economic meltdown and toxic debt all the time. It doesn’t help that I work of a bank. A bank that failed last year, was taken over by the FDIC, and then sold to a mega-bank. For the last few months I’ve been hard a work dismantling the company I helped build. A very surreal experience. Even if I avoid the media accounts of what’s happening I’m exposed to the reality of the situation every day at the office. Articles on our company intranet, water cooler chatter, and general lack of morale as we go through the monthly rounds of lay offs. My number is up in a couple of weeks. I count myself lucky for having survived over six months since the colapse. Read More
It’s been over a week since my last post. I’ve been keeping very busy. I’ve also been neglecting my writing. In addition to this blog I keep a personal journal which I haven’t written in for a while. I will definitely try to write more frequently. I find it’s a very helpful tool for though clarification and idea generation.
My progress since the last time I wrote:
This is something I never honestly considered doing before. I know life coaches have become popular over the last few years but I never really knew what it was all about. Are these the people who come into your house and help you organize your closets? Or are they more like therapists who listen to your problems then ask you questions to make you think about and look at events and feelings in a different way?
The answer is that there are all types of coaches. Executive coaches or career coaches can help you in your with your career in general. Other coaches look at work / life balance. Others might concentrate more on interpersonal relationships. Read More
The first principle in the book “The Success Principles” by Jack Canfield is the one on which everything else is built. This principle tells us to act as if we have power over everything in our lives. If we believe that everything in our life is our own responsibility then there are no more excuses to be made and nobody or nothing to blame.
Building on this idea, we have to understand that the only thing we can change is ourselves. We can change how we think about something (that little internal voice or the images we create in our mind) and we can change how we react to an event. That’s it. Nothing more is within our power. Read More
The more disorganized life is the more stress you feel. I’m not sure if that’s a universal truth but it sure is true for me. Clutter, not knowing where things are, mixing junk with important papers, having multiple copies of files on the computer, or a closet full of clothes that you don’t wear. It all just leads to chaos, confusion, and anxiety! Read More
This journey I’m now starting I refer to as my New Life. All of 2006 and 2007 are The Bad Years and everything before that is my Old Life. Some of what I lost during the Bad Years I plan on regaining this year. I’m writing this list in the present tense for a reason. I’ll write about that in another post.
Here are my 2008 goals . . . Read More
A couple of months ago I saw the move “The Secret” completely by accident (hmm, could it have been The Secret at work?). The movie was interesting. It did concentrate a bit too much on materialistic goals but it definitely held my interest. The Secret is The Law of Attraction; they tell you this in the beginning of the movie so I’m not giving away too much of the plot. I went online to search for The Law of Attraction. That’s how I discovered The Success Principles. Jack Canfield is one of the many teachers of The Secret in the movie. Read More
Before I get too far along it makes sense to take an inventory of my tools. Perhaps by listing my strengths I’ll get some ideas of which way to go.
Hmm, it’s difficult to examine oneself this way. We’re not really trained to be aware of our capabilities. We’re usually told by society not to boast or not to brag.
Back to the list . . . Read More
My path is undefined. I am a hiker lost in a dark forest. I follow the trail through the woods without any particular destination in mind. “You’ll know it when you see it,” I keep telling myself. Perhaps it’s just through those trees ahead. It looks sunny over there. I set up camp for a few days then get back on the path. Everything looks the same. I have the sensation that I’ve been here before. I’m disoriented. I no longer see the light coming through the trees. Read More