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Well, the class starts tomorrow and I’m psyched. We spent a large chunk of the day reviewing coaching techniques, which are often fun and rewarding to use (really). Here’s the basics from the Cleese video (see if I can remember them all): 1) Set the goals — the task, and the meeting.2) Promote discovery (self-directed […]

2001 01 28 tom Comments (0)

Spending my weekend studying lecture notes on my own in a classroom in a small town in Illinois. Why did I volunteer for this again? This makes my normal social life seem bouncy and extroverted, which I guess is a useful perspective to gain, but I’d rather not have gained it at the cost of […]

2001 01 27 tom Comments (0)

Back in the airport in Toronto. Seems like just yesterday I was here last. Oh yes… It was just yesterday. D’oh! So I’ve started Thirty Nothing and it is indeed just like High Fidelity, except written by a woman instead of a man. In the genre of angst-riddled 30-something relationship novels, this distinction is important […]

2001 01 26 tom Comments (0)

It is so cool to be able to update my web site from the airport lounge. I am waiting for a connecting flight back to Toronto in Vancouver. It’s a warm beautiful day on the west coast and the view on the hop up from Seattle was gorgeous. I finished the new Orson Scott Card […]

2001 01 25 tom Comments (0)

Oh my GOD my schedule is getting busy. Here’s a quick overview: S M T W Th F S 21Toronto 22Seattle 23Seattle 24Seattle 25Seattle 26Guelph 27Chicago 28Chicago 29Chicago 30Chicago 31Chicago 1Chicago 2Chicago 3Snyman Cottage 4Snyman Cottage 5Toronto 6Toronto 7Colorado Springs 8Colorado Springs 9Colorado Springs 10Toronto 11Toronto 12Toronto 13Toronto 14Seattle 15Seattle 16Seattle 17Whistler 18Whistler 19Seattle 20Seattle […]

2001 01 23 tom Comments (0)

Here are some of the specific things that are important to me: Singing. Exultate, Consort Caritatis, and, yes, SMM. The joy of cooperative artistry and the release of emotional energy through the voice.Intellectual challenges and puzzles. A lot of technical challenges at work are strictly left brain which is why I enjoy them. Most games […]

2001 01 22 tom Comments (0)

Back in Seattle. Weather foggy. This damn 7 Habits book is starting to get me thinking about who I am and what I want to do with my life. Don’t get me wrong; this is hardly the first time I’ve been led into a navel-gazing introspective self-diagnostic basic principles step-back-and-take-in-the-bigger-picture frame of mind. Since it […]

2001 01 22 tom Comments (0)

Friday. I’ve been in the office for a luxurious week, with various small events: Monday I went to see Philip Webb, who seems to be in good form. He’s tireless on the merits of Linux and is trying to convince me to switch from Windows. If only… Tuesday we had an Exultate board meeting after […]

2001 01 19 tom Comments (0)

I’m reading “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” for the first time, in preparation for a training course I’m going to take in early February. (It’s required pre-reading.) This is one deeply annoying book. I have completely lost track of the number of times Covey claims something is a “fact” when there are clearly […]

2001 01 15 tom Comments (0)

Monday morning, and I’m at work in the Toronto office. This is extremely unusual for me for a Monday, now. This is the first Monday that I haven’t been on the road since last March… which is pretty ridiculous. I had a fun weekend but a tiring one. My new computer arrived last Friday and […]

2001 01 15 tom Comments (0)