Jealous

I am jealous of those that believe there is a bright line that divides liberals and conservatives. They despise those on the other side of the line. One opponent to defeat, to shout down, to never agree with despite any common ground.

I am a moderate which means I believe there is a left/right spectrum with no bright dividing lines.

For example, a recent study has shown that 20% of self-identified Democrats are more conservative than 20% of Republicans.

In the middle means looking both ways.

Just a few Friday night observations as I look down from the fence.

Steve

Isn’t it special

"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects." — Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough for Love

An interview with Dad

On Sunday January 13, 2019 I sat down at mom & dad's dinner table at their house in Calico Rock and recorded our first StoryCorp conversation. It really was intended to be a practice run to see how well my iPhone 8 would perform as a recorder. I also was interested in learning more about how to use the StoryCorp app on my phone. The final product exceeded my expectation. Take a few minutes and listen to our conversation.

Do Stuff

This reminds me of a couple of my Leadership/Life Maxims:

Pay backs are hell

Going to add this passage from 1 Thessalonians as a new Leadership/Life maxim

"Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always strive to do what is good for each other and for everyone else."

‭‭1 Thessalonians‬ ‭5:15‬ ‭NIV‬‬
https://www.bible.com/111/1th.5.15.niv

Over achiever

Quote of the day

By Shelby Metcalf, Texas A&M BB coach, to a player who received one D and four Fs -

"Son, looks to me like you're spending too much time on one subject."






Steven R Perryman CPA

A road less traveled

Adding a new Leadership/Life Maxim this morning:

"Don't think you are on the right road just because it's a well-beaten path."  - Author unknown. 

I picked this up from the book Uncommon: Finding your path to significance by Tony Dungy

It is similar to Robert Frost famous poem The Road Not Taken

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

And sorry I could not travel both

And be one traveler, long I stood

And looked down one as far as I could

To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,

And having perhaps the better claim,

Because it was grassy and wanted wear;

Though as for that the passing there

Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay

In leaves no step had trodden black.

Oh, I kept the first for another day!

Yet knowing how way leads on to way,

I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh

Somewhere ages and ages hence:

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—

I took the one less traveled by,

And that has made all the difference.

Teach them to dream

"If you want to build a ship, don't summon people to buy wood, prepare tools, distribute jobs, and organize the work; teach people the yearning for the wide, boundless ocean." ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Let it go

Interesting quote from "Uncommon: Finding Your Path to Significance"

Hi - I'm reading "Uncommon: Finding Your Path to Significance" by Tony Dungy, Nathan Whitaker and wanted to share this quote with you.

"Keys for Developing Your Core 1. Remember that what you do when no one is watching matters. 2. The means matter as much as the ends, if not more. 3. Hang in there. Character is revealed through adversity. 4. Often we grow as much through the little things as we do through the big ones. 5. Truth is critical. Being truthful is too. 6. Don't rationalize your way around honesty. 7. Don't blow your own horn. 8. Don't be falsely modest; you have amazing gifts. Just recognize that others do too. 9. You are important, but not indispensable. The same goes for others. See yourself as a significant part of the process. 10. Be careful what you do with your resources, gifts, time, and talents. You've been entrusted with them. 11. Some of the most rewarding times in life are when you have to stand alone, even if you are uncomfortable doing so. 12. Life is hard. Courage is essential. 13. Never give up. Never."

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Interesting quote from "Uncommon: Finding Your Path to Significance"

Hi - I'm reading "Uncommon: Finding Your Path to Significance" by Tony Dungy, Nathan Whitaker and wanted to share this quote with you.

""We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people," said Dr. King."

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Got to watch this movie again.

There’s a scene in Lawrence of Arabia where one man puts out a match with his fingers, and doesn’t flinch. Another man watching tries to do the same, and yells in pain.

“It hurts! What’s the trick?” he asks.

“The trick is not minding that it hurts,” the first man says.

Useful Hacks: Collaborative Fund

Mark Twain - Courage

I have spent most of today - January 1, 2019 - reviewing the past year's wins and losses and pondering the new year and it's vast opportunities.

Sometime today I came across this Mark Twin quote. It is one of my favorite quotes and think it is worth reposting.

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."

It’s not the fall that kills you, it’s the landing