Category Archives: Miscellaneous

The Difference Between Procrastination and Patience

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In my post last night, I said I would start blogging on the 1st.  I wanted to give myself time to get my act together before starting this daily chore.  I was procrastinating.  It’s a bad habit of mine, one that I need to overcome.  No time like the present.  Time to blog.

Fred Wilson, a venture capitalist for many successful web companies, replied to my post about overcoming procrastination with, “We wait it out :)”

Patience brings peace to anxious souls.  While there is something endearing about patience being the remedy to procrastination, patience does not solve the inherent problem.  We are mortals and time is finite.  Deferring projects, homework, goals or chores wastes time we could instead spend relishing in life’s accomplishments.

Form a habit.

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They say it takes 21 days to form a habit.  I want to write again.  Starting March 1st, I will post once a day.  For every day that I fail to post in March, I will donate to charity $2 for every Facebook Like I have on all blog posts by April 1st. 

(Fail days) x (Total Likes) x $2 = Charity Donation

Time for a journey.

It’s not the years, it’s the miles.

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Only made one new year’s resolution for 2011, and it’s a modest one:  travel 50,000 miles.

I think I’ll define “travel” the same way Random House does:

to go from one place to another, as by car, train, plane, or ship; journey: to travel for pleasure.

I kicked the new year off with a 50-mile round trip downtown Denver to catch the premiere concert of my friend’s band, Erzsebet.  Groovy, jazzy, chill sound.  Good stuff.

50 down, 40,950 to go. Maybe I’ll blog about it.

Happy New Year!

Seven Stages of Film Production

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During the production of “Hollywood Is Like High School With Money,” the following list was posted by our Second Assistant Director outside her production trailer door:

Seven Stages of Film Production

  1. Wild Enthusiasm
  2. Total Confusion
  3. Utter Despair
  4. Search for the Guilty
  5. Persecution of the Innocent
  6. Promotion of the Incompetent
  7. Distribution of T-Shirts

A Skinnier Colorado

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Trust for America’s Health ran a report on obesity rates in the United States.  With little surprise, Colorado ranked the lowest in the nation with a 19.1% obesity rate (Mississippi being the highest at 33.8%).  While this average does not hold for the Black and Latino population, it is a pretty strong representation of Colorado’s health values and qualities.

Read:  Colorado Ranks Least Obese State in the Nation

Strict state-wide public nutritional standards and the preservation of recreational open spaces no doubt contribute to a better Colorado.  But I find this ranking even more notable considering that Colorado has not mandated body mass index (BMI) screenings or Complete Streets legislation like many other states trying to cut down on obesity – Colorado predominantly trusts Coloradans to be healthy.  Perhaps a lesson in parenting?

All pride behind me, 19.1% is one out of every five people!  Thankfully not a third of our population like Mississippi, but a huge slice nonetheless!  We still have work to do.

Your Network is Your Net Worth

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They always say:  “It’s about who you know.” 

They are mistaken.  I know Harrison Ford; that’s a pretty good person to know, eh?  I’ve met the man and had rather lovely conversation with him.  Would he recognize me if I met him again?  Probably not.  So what good is that – to know Harrison Ford?  It really doesn’t do you a damn bit of good to “know” someone unless the other person knows you back.

So let us rephrase:  “It’s about who knows you.” 

There, that’s better advice.

The most successful and influential men and women became so because they had thorough relationships with a lot of people.  Networking is essential for most human beings to live successful lives (though, I suppose that could depend on how you define “success”).  Your connections can lend you a helping hand, expand your resources, and challenge you to grow as a person.  But the only way an average person will be willing to do anything for you is if he or she cares about you.  And for someone to care about you, he or she should know you well enough and you need to genuinely care about them back.

You won’t take your bank account with you when you die, so what does your net worth really matter in the end?  I think the number of people who show up to your memorial service is a pretty strong indicator of your “value.”  At the end of the day, your network is your net worth.

So hold off on the business cards and résumés – you’re wasting paper.  Your best résumé is your relationships.