by Marty Coleman | Dec 16, 2010 | Anonymous, Work - 2010 |
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Day #4 of Work Week at The Napkin Dad Daily
It’s easy to mistake thinking about doing something with doing it. It takes up a lot of mind power, mind time and mind energy to think through something. The mind work make you feel as if you have already done it, so it can be hard to get up the enthusiasm to actually go and do that thing.
But taking action is the only way to make your thoughts real so best go do it!
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Drawing and commentary by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily
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by Marty Coleman | Dec 15, 2010 | Theodore Roosevelt, Work - 2010 |
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Day #3 of Work Week at The Napkin Dad Daily
Long ago I had a job where I used certain development software very intensely. My boss came to me and someone senior to me and asked if either of us wanted to work with a new software program neither of us were familiar with. The person senior to me had first pick. He said no. I jumped at the chance and said yes. But my boss wasn’t sure. She asked ‘Can you do the job?’ I said yes and immediately started staying late after work to learn the program. I succeeded in mastering it, the other guy soon quit under pressure because his work was suffering and his skills were laking. I became the boss a year later. He went back to Texas and worked in construction.
If each challenge you face in work (and in life) is met first with a ‘I don’t know how to do that’ response, then guess what? You won’t be given the chance to learn how to do it. Whether it’s taking a class for your own enjoyment or something at your place of work, make your first response be ‘Yes, I can’ then work like hell learning how.
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Drawing and commentary by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily
Quote by Theodore Roosevelt, 1858-1919, 26th President of the United States
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by Marty Coleman | Dec 14, 2010 | Oscar Wilde, Work - 2010 |
I decided it is ‘Work Week’, so today is day #2 of it!
I don’t just mean your ‘work’ job. I mean the jobs in your life. Want to appreciate your job as a mother? Imagine your children gone. Want to appreciate your job as a communicator? Imagine all the communication methods you use gone. Want to appreciate your job as a friend? Imagine you don’t have any.
What jobs do you have in life that you overlook?
Drawing and commentary by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily
Quote by Oscar Wilde, the best source of pithy quotes in the universe!
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by Marty Coleman | Dec 13, 2010 | Thomas Edison, Work - 2010 |
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Day #1 of my week long series on either ideas or work, not sure which yet. You will just have to come back tomorrow to see!
No matter how bizarre the mechanics, how advanced the electronics, how many people behind you are helping to turn the gears or switch the switches – if you don’t do your work your idea will not work either.
Preached to myself this 13th day of December, 2010.
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Quote by Thomas Alva Edison, 1847-1931, American inventor
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by Marty Coleman | Dec 10, 2010 | Stephen Covey |
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I was thinking this morning that I would make 2011 ‘The Year of Every Little Thing’. When I mentioned it on twitter my friend, Linda Franklin, responded saying;
‘That sounds like a plan. Every moment counts right? … I keep reminding myself how important this moment is – even when something not so great is going on.’
That got me thinking and I distilled that idea into the quote above. My first thought when she wrote that was actually Stephen Covey’s lesson about Production vs Production Capability. The idea is that you have to produce, it’s true, but if you don’t have the capability to produce you won’t. So not only do you have to figure out how to use your time in action, you have to know how to use your time to find resources, come up with ideas and replenish energy and drive.
So, if you are one of those who think down time is wasted time, think again. Just as muscles need to recover to be of use to you in your next physical challenge, your mind, your heart and your purpose in life ALSO need to rest and recover to be of value.
So, enough guilt about down time, enjoy it and let it replenish you, ok?
Drawing, commentary and quote by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily
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by Marty Coleman | Dec 9, 2010 | Peter Drucker |
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No matter if it’s Linda’s Roadside Diner or the corporation that turned it into a world-wide franchise worth billions, a business is made out of people making steps they are scared to make. Steps that could mean the loss of the diner, the loss of jobs, the loss of power. It takes guts and commitment and courage to take those steps sometimes.
I appreciate every storefront I see because I know it meant a courageous step on the part of some individual. While big office buildings often don’t engender the same feelings, they are also filled with people who had to make some seriously scary steps. No matter your thoughts on business, capitalism, and commerce, it’s a good thing to have respect and admiration for those who take those scary steps.
Drawing and commentary by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily
Quote by Peter Drucker, 1909-2005, business writer and management consultant.
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by Marty Coleman | Dec 8, 2010 | Michael J. Gelb |
Today is confusing, but I still managed to find a ‘maxim I am not sure about’ for my series!
I woke up today with vertigo, a very odd feeling indeed. It’s basically being dizzy.
I was looking for a quote to go along with my ‘maxims’ theme this week, but I wasn’t thinking very clearly and couldn’t really focus on that.
But the confusion led me to think about ‘confusion’. What good comes out of it? So, I found this quote that has a positive take on it. But I am not sure it’s true. What do you think?
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“Confusion is the welcome mat at the door of creativity.” – Michael J. Gelb
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by Marty Coleman | Dec 7, 2010 | Anonymous |
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It’s day #2 of my ‘Maxims I am not sure about’ week at The Napkin Dad Daily!
I first came across this idea a number of years ago and drew a napkin about it. But it deserves another one. At first I thought it wasn’t but the more I thought about anger situations the more it seemed to be right on the mark. What do you think, is it true? Leave a comment on the blog, ok?
Drawing and commentary by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily
Quote by who knows.
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by Marty Coleman | Dec 6, 2010 | Seneca |
It’s the ‘Maxims I am not sure about’ week at The Napkin Dad Daily!
So, I think this is true. But then again, maybe it’s not. What do you think? Leave your thoughts in the comments below. If you get this via email or a reader, I would love it if you would return to the actual blog to comment.
Quote by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, 4 BCE – 65 CE, Roman Philosopher and Statesman
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by Marty Coleman | Dec 3, 2010 | Lillian Hellman, Tulsa |
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Times change, and some things become accepted wisdom, the uninvestigated way of thinking.
Here in Oklahoma it is fashionable recently to have a hissy fit about how the majority religion, Christianity, is being sidelined. A current example of this is the hissy fit our senior Senator Inhofe is having over the annual parade that occurs this time of year. In the past it was called the Christmas Parade of Lights. Last year the name was changed to the Holiday Parade of Lights. Sen. Inhofe has made a grand proclamation this year where he says he will refuse to ride his horse in the parade unless the name is changed back. We also have a City Councilman and others threatening to not allow a parade permit unless the name is changed back. The argument is that ‘Jesus is the reason for the season’ and so it should say Christmas in the name of the parade.
The reason given for changing it from ‘Christmas’ to ‘Holiday’ is one you have probably heard before. It is that many people in the community are not Christian, they celebrate other religious (or non-religious) events during the same time frame and in the interest of having them feel included in both the parade and the seasonal atmosphere the word Holiday is the better word to use.
But there is another argument that I have not heard. It is more Christian to have the parade name include ‘Holiday’ than it is to have ‘Christian’ in it.
The essence of the day-to-day practice of Christianity is love. Love is made manifest by, among other things, kindness, gentleness, thoughtfulness, patience, selflessness, sacrifice, and inclusion.
If I know that some in my community are celebrating holidays other than Christmas, then why would I not want to reach out to them and find ways to include them in the community wide celebrations. If by one simple word change that doesn’t affect my religion, doesn’t affect my worship, doesn’t affect me being ‘Christian’ in any way I can reach out a hand of love and joy to Jews, Buddhists, Hindus, Muslims, and those who don’t believe anything in particular, then why wouldn’t I want to do that? Why woudn’t that be the Christian thing to do?
If I do so, then my church is still intact, my worship is still secure, my example is still as it should be, Christian.
That’s my conscience speaking to me. What is yours saying to you?
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Drawing and commentary by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily
Quote by Lillian Hellman, from a letter to the chairman of the House Committee on Un-American Activities, May 19th, 1952.
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