Note to self | lessons #3

When you graduate you are not 'know it all'
When you retire you are not 'going to die'
When you are young you are not 'invincible'
Don't hold on too tightly, you are hurting the other person
Problem solving does not start from the impossible, it may eventually sort that
Solve problems for impact... problems for fame will often lead to a personal dead end
Between being the most intelligent person in the room, and the quiet one - go for being the second - that is the intelligent thing to do!
When the 'top voice' is the only voice in the room, you should be concerned
Communications: they may connect to you but do they appeal to the segment?
Great ideas are wasted upon an 'all-knowing' group. Log-out
Your plans will often need many other things to fall in place. Keep at it
Governing Question: what next? | Grounding Question: Am I Home?
There is a reason why the chain of command works in the army. Each one is clear about the reporting and submitting ecosystem. Each one is capable of, and training to step up or down in crisis
The structure is necessary no matter how equal or democratic they may be - as the responsibility rests with One Person - and not someone or everyone
You need tie breakers once in a while: go for them
Even to fly solo, someone would've built the runway
Someone once told me as a journalist, to write a hundred words, you must at least read a thousand
Read with interest, write like there is no tomorrow, edit with a structure. Repeat.
Hard story: break the story in the first line, follow with data, add background
Human story: colour, quotes, background
Back up data and research information - you never know when you'll need it
Even the smallest reference to an article you may have written, take a screenshot - back it up
Savour travel. A lot of time has been wasted taking photos. Savour the presence.
It is great to get back to albums. After 11,400 photos taken over 10 years, I realise I don't need most of them... imagine the time I must have spent 'organising clutter'