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
Scott Stawarz personal blog
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