Posts by Chris Allport (chris)
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Boulders, Bowling Balls, Softballs and Marbles
Imagine each of these things. Different sizes, right? Right. This is how I think about tasks. Boulders are big tasks – they might even be entire projects. Much like a block of marble waiting to be sculpted, the boulder is unrefined…it has no appreciable form. The boulder represents a large unit of work that needs […]
Why Bother with Communication? (Part 3)
Many years ago, I was sitting in a meeting with two colleagues. We were discussing something technical and the conversation got very heated and very loud. As I sat there and listened to both sides of the argument, I started laughing. First, it was just to myself, but as the argument bloomed, so did my […]
Ever Find Yourself in a Place Where NOTHING Makes Sense? (Part 2)
Quick. Multiple choice question: It’s not supposed to make sense. I don’t know what they are talking about. Maybe I am in the wrong place. Face it, sometimes, the information simply isn’t for you. That doesn’t make it bad, irrelevant, or wrong. Furthermore, it does not diminish your value. We are all cut from a […]
Be Honest with How Much You Know (especially when others don’t) – Part 1
Have you ever been in a meeting or seminar when the person talking simply makes no sense? That’s not to say the lecture is bad, the presentation might be completely engaging, but it just doesn’t seem to mean anything to you. It happens to me all the time. People are talking, usually speaking English, and […]
The Value of Changing Your Context?
There is something that happens in the US that we take completely for granted, Long Haul Trucking. The economy is built around it. And there is a belief system about “truckers” that follows. Days on the road away from family. In Ireland, when the entire country is 6 hours tip to tip, there is probably […]
Making Things Happen
If you check behind every door, you will always be able to find some reason that you should not pass through. Sometimes you just have to kick in doors and move forward. Sometimes you will upset someone…it will happen. But fear of irking someone is not sufficient reason for timidity or passivity. Making a mistake […]
Who Does Anger Really Punish?
After reading the post, Living with Integrity, a friend asked me to share my thoughts on the following: My mother (a huge Pittsburgh Steelers fan) did not watch any Steelers games this season. Pittsburgh hired Michael Vick a convicted animal abuser. She is very upset he is there but stuck to what she said. Not […]
Lodged Driftwood
Driftwood and other Flotsam talked about forgiveness and how, like pieces of driftwood, our hurts may need to be thrown back out into the surf many times before they finally go away. The day after posting that article, I was walking around Lough Derg (in Dromineer, Ireland) and came across this. This is a piece of driftwood that has […]
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