Gee, all but a couple are in NJ or downstate NY. What a friggen surprise.
Pays America’s Highest Property Taxes? – Forbes.com
Where do we sit? Smack in the middle: #12, Somerset County.
Stupid home rule….
Author: Greg (Page 18 of 43)
Final thought for the day:
Promise youself to be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.
Look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true.
Think only of the best, work only for the best, and expect only the best.
Forget the mistakes of the past and press on the the greater achievements of the future.
Give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticize others.
Live in the faith that the whole world is on your side so long as you are true to the best that is in you!
What a difference a week makes. Last week at this time I was looking through my system” and thinking that I was making good progress on some ongoing life improvements. On Monday, it was like a switch flipped, and I fell back into a several bad habits through the rest of the week: trying to control the uncontrollable; blaming others; fighting the wrong fights.
So in the end I spent way too much time at the office doing low/no value stuff, thinking that I was being productive. On top of that, by picking the wrong battles I managed to damage several important relationships that I need to ultimately be successful. I would end each day mentally beating myself up for the days transgressions, spend the evening tuning out in front of the TV and skipping workouts. That pattern continued until Thursday night where I woke up feeling sick to my stomach, feverish and unable to sleep. Friday I tried to rest up, but could not seem to pull myself out of the fires that I had caused. I was running a low-grade fever, had the runs and was as down on myself as I had been in a long, long time, but I could pull myself out of the hole until my body just shut down and I fell asleep, laptop on my knees from about 3:00pm until 5:30pm.
Talk about “cause and effect”
So instead of diving into my weekly review as I normally do on Saturday AM, I picked up all the personal productivity reading I’d been putting off and plowed through them all in a couple of hours. And I was able to gain some perspective. One of the best bits of wisdom I gleaned was in a new on-line magazine: Productive!
Magazine. The questions are from the article, the answers are mine and in the spirit of GTD, I’m also going to add some “next actions” for each
Seven Questions that will Change Your Life – Alex Shalman
(original online version here)
Q1: What will I try to improve on next week?
A1: I will focus more on the important, and less on the urgent. It’s probably a trite statement, but if there is one area of my life in which I need to improve the most, it is this.
Next Action: Turn off Outlook until after lunch at least twice next week.
Q2: What was I most proud of this week?
A2: The shared service application that I’ve been pushing into other company groups is starting to gain traction. Two other groups began to use it in production this week, and I’ve got some exposure into a big corporate initiative that should allow it to grow further. I think it’s a big win for the company, reducing complexity, reducing regulatory risk, and avoiding duplicate services and avoiding duplicate costs.
Next Action: Begin outline of presentation scheduled in March.
Q3: What was my biggest accomplishment this week?
A3: Clearing my head this morning. It’s setting me up for an awesome week
Next Action: Schedule life-hack reading session as part of my weekly review.
Q4: What have I done to get closer to my life goals this week?
A4: The two workouts that I did accomplish were great!
Next Action: E-mail my coach about the workout problems this week.
Q5: What was hard for me this week, and why?
A5: As usual, focus was hard for me. I could NOT stay out of my e-mail inbox
Next Action: See answer #1 above
Q6: What was my biggest waste of time this week?
A6: Making mountains out of molehills. Pushing way to hard on an issue with zero payback for me, or for the people directly involved.
Next Action: When the next “dumb/silly/incoherent” issue that appears, STOP, BREATHE, THINK, RESPOND
Q7: What did I do this week that made me ashamed?
A7: Snapping off a snotty response to a meeting request. Dumb, Dumb, Dumb.
Next Action: See answer #6
As to my VERY NEXT action? I’m unplugging, getting on my bike and going out for a short, easy ride.
Here’s to a better week.
My good friend Scott always sends some great stuff via his “virtual baloney” mailing list. This one was just too weird not to post as a Friday WTF
Cars: Austrian Man Creates Overweight Autos
I’m thinking that the builder should move to Mississippi.
This is just way to weird…
Nietzsche Family Circus
File under “excellent use of mashups”
Beautifully moving thoughts on the Ironman presented by someone who knows the sport.
Tinley: Haven’t We Met? An Athlete’s Journey into the place of his making
Stunning…
Syntactically correct too…
Tattoos
(assuming the opening HEAD element begins on her scalp)
Two weeks into the 2009 training season and I’m feeling pretty good about my progress. Weight & BF% are heading in the right direction. I’m getting more consistent in my workouts, and am starting to recover quicker and feel better about the work. I’ve also started to really use my CompuTrainer for something other than a glorified stationary bike.
I still need to tweak my diet. It’s really easy to slide back into bad habits if I don’t constantly pay attention. I also need to be even more consistent with my workouts. While I’m probably at 80-85%, I need to be at 95-100%. The work is just going to get harder and the duration is going to get longer as the season progresses. I really need to develop better discipline if I’m going to stay healthy and focused on a great race in September.
Numbers to date:
8 runs, 30.25 miles
7 rides, 99.86 miles
3 swims, 11,200 yards
3 strength sessions, 2 hrs total
(or just look at the workout log on the left!)
So far, so good!
Words fail me…
Be careful out there…
If my dad were still around, he’d be all over this. Tres Cool!
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Microprocessor-powered dive gear. What an amazing age we live in!