Last week, I mentioned that I joined a mastermind group. I’m not sure I’ll blog every meeting, but, for now, it feels right to write. I want to listen to my gut, and go with the feelings. This week, we were supposed to claim our topic. We had some exercises to flush out our topic,… Continue reading Topics, topics, topics & don’t discount yourself
Scott Stawarz personal blog
First Draft: About Scott v 0.1
I recently met with a newly formed master mind group involving some very new and old friends. If you are not familiar with a master mind group, I suggest you read Think and Grow Rich. Here’s the quick run down: A mastermind is a group of people who collectively work together to help us all… Continue reading First Draft: About Scott v 0.1
Today’s office
Taking advantage of the self-employed micropreneur life.
Working Hiatus
I recently took a hiatus from Night Time Technical Training. For approximately three years, I taught Tuesday and Thursday evenings. I had a few weeks break every now and again, but for quite a while I didn’t have a break at all. In addition to working at night, I also do consulting work during the… Continue reading Working Hiatus
Career Experiments – Passion Finding Process
Career Experiments I’m searching for my career passion. I’ve tried various surveys both professional and self-administered. I’ve read multiple books on the subject. I read multiple blog posts about finding ones’ passion. Yet, I’ve come to realize that passion is like love. For me, with love, when I met might wife for the second time… Continue reading Career Experiments – Passion Finding Process
Dream Big and Act Small: A Forest Fog Lament
I am wandering. Lost in a Forest. The fog is so thick that I have to feel for the trees as I walk. Forget running. If I were to run in this thick forest with such an onslaught of a low flying grey cloud, I’d knock myself out. How did I get here? I’m not… Continue reading Dream Big and Act Small: A Forest Fog Lament
the step-child blog
Well hello, long time no chat. Yes, I have concentrated much of my efforts on this blog at octavity.com and at simpleweight.com. It is not that I don’t much to say, its more I use the time to say it constructively tackling other projects. We’ll see. I might move this to a tumblr or posterous… Continue reading the step-child blog
Save only $125,000 and become a millionaire.
Financial Fool. I am. Are you? Without sounding like an all out advertising for Motley Fool, I’m a big fan. Somehow, I stumbled across them back in 1999. maybe even earlier, 1996. I don’t remember exactly. Then, I read a couple of their books which are both great learning tools and entertaining. I wanted to… Continue reading Save only $125,000 and become a millionaire.
Government Budget Catch 22
Catch 22: describing a set of rules, regulations or procedures, or situation which presents the illusion of choice while preventing any real choice. source: wikipedia.org Before we get to the Government Budget Catch 22, let’s talk Aesop. One of Aesop’s fables: The Ant and the Grasshopper teaches the moral of hardwork and saving our food… Continue reading Government Budget Catch 22
Starting Fresh
Did Scott start over again? I sure did. I decided to start my blog over once again. I deleted all my content, I moved it out of a stand-alone wordpress and back into a wpmu set-up. The fun about being a technologist and working on your own work, is you can blow things up, start… Continue reading Starting Fresh