Happened the other day. Again. I noticed in myself a silly practice I have. Going through a sort of complicated work process one early morning, I completed the first of say … maybe four steps … of a total of about thirty steps necessary to complete the task. Those first four steps give a pretty …
Author: jeff lud
Dad x3. Writer. Lion. @pacbio SCM. One Mission: Make it GOOD | Optimism | Resilience | Fam/Life/Biz | #halffullallgood #goodstuff
It Is… Dynamic
Dynamic, this is a word I use to describe in a basic and hopefully neutral manner when there’s a lot going on, a lot of wheels in motion, a lot of plates in the air, pick your idiom, it all equals busy. Often times too busy. And things not going as planned, unexpected additional bits …
Two Mornings, Two Tempos
Tell us about your morning routine. My mornings these days, they break down like this… On work / weekdays, it starts early. Typically between 4am & 5am. I’m one of those that wakes up in anticipation of the alarm, so weekdays I wake up pre-alarm, around 4:15am, getting vertical. I usually feel like I’m behind …
The Silent Slog
Different times, different attitude about the slog, “Oh, just what is ‘The Silent Slog’?”, you might ask. It’s thick, slightly yucky, or a lot, dark, pungent, it mostly happens at night, but can appear during daylight hours as well, it slows me down, progress seems a question, a puzzle to figure, mental quagmire to clear, …
Can’t Versus Won’t
The idea of “can’t” , versus “won’t”, on my mind a lot as a parent, for my kids, and even me as an adult, Ability juxtaposed to Choice, Rick Rubin, renown, music producer, executive, and creative guru, one of his mantras he talks about is,… “Don’t say I can’t… Say I haven’t yet… “, The …
Racket 
Ok, maybe it’s not a racket. All the same, my visceral reaction to learning about this topic makes me think so; regardless of the term, Worth a review and a bit of discussion, shining, the light, a little more brightly from this corner of the universe, This company detailed below, CEO Group, among other things, …
“Don’t Disrupt the Process”
So my son said to me the other morning, "Dad, don't disrupt the process...", as he was getting ready for school and I said, "What ...?! ...", softly to myself, chuckling inside. “Ok ok”, replied to him with a hand raised slightly in silent deference to his better wisdom, Learning when to do that, to …
Maybe A Few
What’s a personal mantra or philosophy you live by? Maybe a few mantra I go by, seeking solace and super power and maybe a little certainty in things as I repeat often, “Love never fails”, “Persevere”, “Keep going forward”, “Half full, all good”, “God in all things”, Mind you, there are plenty of times these …
Give & Take
Give &take, That’s the best approach at the end of the day, give-and-take it’s the only way, Give-and-take it’s the only way when you find yourself on any given day in the mix with mixed attitudes, mixed expectations, Mexican communication, Given and taken the usual way in regardless of any other circumstance, at the end …
Boogie Balancing
Like riding a boogie board, just keep after it, For sure for sure it’s gonna be wet and wild sometimes, bumpy too, Too many people watching from the shore, gotta be in surf to feel it, Waves keep coming, crashing, hope’s not dashing tho’, you know the way from the waves, balancing all the while, …
