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just because it is true does not mean it is easy.

Published on September 4, 2008 in general. 0 Comments
Don’t worry about the future. Or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind, the kind that blindside you at 4 pm on some idle Tuesday.

(from the “Sunscreen Speech“)

It was off by a day and a few hours, but these lyrics are ringing in my head constantly right now. I guess I won’t be posting much in the next days, weeks, months, who knows.

Peaceful state of mind

Published on May 29, 2008 in general. Closed


IMGP0772, originally uploaded by floho.

This little budda has been watching me sleep in my hotel this week - I could swear he gave me peace of mind.
After sunny days in Berlin and finishing my current project, I am off to Garmisch Patenkirchen, from where we’ll conquer the Zugspitze tomorrow for an all-day Meeting. I am SO looking forward to this, hopefully the weather is good - I sure brought my camera :-)

2 Minutes blog entry

Published on May 14, 2008 in general. Closed

Hey there! I got this tiny little app that, according to David Allen’s GTD-methodology, shows you a two-minute timer. That really helps to realize how much stuff can be done in two minutes - like writing a complete blog post! - and in GTD, whatever you can do in two minutes time, you better do right now instead of postponing it.

Today I’ll go up to Berlin to get two days of training, I’m exciting on how that goes. In the meantime, it is hot wherever I go, which does not help when the office at the client site has no aircondition and the windows can’t be opened… but if it was easy, everybody could do the job :-)

Talk to you later!

Power and glory

Published on February 27, 2008 in general. Closed


IMGP0026, originally uploaded by floho.

Isn’t that what we are all after? Power and glory :-)
(Found this on a park bench in Salzburg, Austria)

Mankind is not used to change

Published on January 25, 2008 in general. Closed

As a consultant, I signed up for the lifestyle of constant change, with the variables all packed up in a little suitcase and the methodology and approach of our work. I do like that, but I also feel that it is not completely natural for me.
Today is my last day in the Institute, with the folks I have been working with for just two months - and still it feels like leaving. I think I will remember this time as a great start, many many experiences, tough work, great people.

Time for another round of statistics:

Diet Coke consumption January: 1,25 liters/day
Assignments finished in the Institute: 5
Days I left the office before 10pm: Few
Days I left the ofice after 2pm: 5
Great time with colleagues: Every day
Even greater time with colleagues: Every day after 10pm when the rest of the office is gone
Missed deadlines: ZERO
Bad evaluations: ZERO
Loving the work you do: PRICELESS.


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