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Monday, August 26, 2002 |
The things that Ray Ozzie has to say about his approach to work and life really resonate with me. I too dive into things completely, wholeheartedly - sometimes to my detriment. Early on I found a short quote that I put on my dorm room wall, and it has pretty much governed my behavior since then. "You've got to get obsessed and stay obsessed." -- this was John Irving's response to the question "...how to succeed as a writer?", sometime back in the antediluvian '70s.
I just don't know any other way to succeed, at life or work. Seems I'm in good company.
8:30:08 AM 
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It's Monday morning. Time for status reports, calendar updates, making the plan for the week. I'm still getting used to the different rhythms of this kind of work. I have to adapt to the rules of multiple clients, yet also get the things that I want or need done. It's very different from the rhythm of working for one employer. In that mode you're in synch with 100s or 1000s of other people, all with the same meta-deadlines and events. You just roll with the big waves. In the indy consultant mode you have to sample the waves more often, a couple of times a week, just to get a feel for what's needed in the short term. Point is, there is no long term in this mode.
8:19:18 AM
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© Copyright 2002 Jeff Nichols.
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