If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six sharpening my axe. -- AbrahamLincoln
Steven Covey's Seven Habits climaxes with this habits. Sharpen the saw. Improve yourself. Sharpen your tools. Hone your craft. Take the time to learn something new. I add share it with others. Learn then teach. Share your knowledge. It is the currency of the future. Start training yourself. Go back to school literally or figurative. Educate yourself. Read. Write.
When I was recently, temporarily separated from my company the thing I would have regretted most was that I hadn't taken advantage of all the benefits offered to better myself. So when I got a second chance in a modified version of my old territory I decided to go for it. I went back to school online at the University of Phoenix. I am right now one week, and three six week courses away from a Maters Degree in Business with a concentration in technology management. As I write this I am realizing I am only posting as a way to procrastinate even more before doing what I need to do to finish the last week of the class I am currently taking. I have received a revitalizing education from the TRL library from work. The Tape Rental Library is awesome. CDs of everything from Steven Covey to Malcolm Gladwell, from Jack Welsh to Jim Collins, I recently had my annual review with my boss, I had reviewed twelve CDs in 2011! When asked about them I rattled off Blink, The Tipping Point, Love is the Next Killer App, From Good to Great, How Full is Your bucket?, Re-inventing yourself, The 17 Lies that Are Holding You Back and the Truth That Will Set You Free, The four Principles of Execution, Putting your Strength to Work, and the only one I didn't like, Power Speak. He said omg, what else have you been up to?
1. MBA
2. CMR
3. TRLs
4. Work
5. Play
I don't really know what's been going on with me lately. I think the more I've sharpened the saw the more I am able to cut. This has become an enjoyable process.
OK enough procrastination, I must now go write my part of the final group project and prepare for my final exam. Wish me luck.
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