Of An Omelet, And An Opportunity
When I first wrote about my new job at a local Amercian Eagle Outfitters warehouse , I said, "The job is slated to run through mid-December, with a good chance of an extension after that. The warehouse is closing in June, and my interviewer expressed doubt ...

+Shimira Williams and I talk tech every Tuesday at 8 pm - join us!

Hey +Mani Saint-Victor, that Picasso story reminds me of one about engineering genius Charles Steinmetz. As the story goes, he was called in because one of the generators in one of Henry Ford's plants was malfunctioning, and none of Ford's engineers could fix it. Steinmetz spent two days listening to the generator and scribbling notes before asking for a ladder. He climbed the ladder, made a mark with a piece of chalk, and told Ford's men to replace some parts at that spot. They did, and the generator resumed normal functioning.

As the Smithsonian magazine tells it: 
Henry Ford was thrilled until he got an invoice from General Electric in the amount of $10,000. Ford acknowledged Steinmetz’s success but balked at the figure. He asked for an itemized bill.

Steinmetz...responded personally to Ford’s request with the following:

Making chalk mark on generator    $1.

Knowing where to make mark         $9,999.

Ford paid the bill.

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/charles-proteus-steinmetz-the-wizard-of-schenectady-51912022/#EHtLMZf70yHpg8EI.99

Fear 1, Elwin 0 - Batter Up....
PayPal was waiting.

I had responded to +Frank Viola's pitches for his Buzz Master Class CD and workbook package  by clicking through to the PayPal screen for making the payment needed to buy it. All I needed to do...

#ecclesia   #motivation   #selfimprovement   #fear   #confidence  

An unexpected emergence.
This blog post was written in segments. The first segment observes that an older blog post has grown hugely in popularity recently, even though I've done nothing to promote it. The remainder deal with the realization that I've done little to promote the blog, period. What's up with that?