A geospatial career journey
Even though I work from home full time, I have a little extra time available since most things have been closed by a gubernatorial executive order. During downtime, I'm doing a little tidying, and it's amazing the things you find and realize you've held onto. At this time twenty years ago, I was probably be … Continue reading Y2K and Today
I have worked from home full-time for the past three years. I know a few people who have done so for a lot longer (decades), but, regardless of how long anyone I know has worked from home, we seem to have many of the same observations. Thanks to the coronavirus, we are becoming a lot … Continue reading Lessons on Working from Home
I am currently reading the book "Fierce Conversations" by Susan Scott. I am on hiatus from teaching my leadership course this year, so I am taking the opportunity to refresh my content and my perspectives. The basis of the book is fairly simple: Our work, our relationships, and our lives succeed or fail one conversation … Continue reading Open – Beyond Technology
It’s been a few weeks since I hit my latest milestone, but life was fairly full in the immediate aftermath. On the plus side, the extra time was good for reflection. The milestone to which I am referring is that, on October 27, 2019, I ran the Marine Corps Marathon in Washington, DC. The race … Continue reading Milestones, Goals, and the Power of No
Approximately six months ago, I was at a crossroad with Twitter. Unfiltered, it has become too toxic and negative to continue to allow into my life. My dilemma is that, after 11 years on the platform, there are a host of people I've never met "IRL" whom I consider friends or with whom I want … Continue reading Reclaiming Twitter
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who … Continue reading Ron Lake – The Man In the Arena
It wasn't that long ago that I was "always on" in terms of work. There is a certain ethos in the DC area that rewards that outlook and I was fairly good at it. This was compounded by the fact that I was a partner in my company and the buck always stops with the … Continue reading Hello, Discipline, My Old Friend
