Who do you look up to? You respect them. You honestly appreciate them for the work they do or for the people they are – maybe even both! Take a couple of minutes and write down or text yourself a name or two that come to mind first. Don’t over think it. Maybe they’ve written a book or two and you’ve read their books too! When you were younger this was an easy assignment. The person was known in some sport circle of excellence. Or possibly they were from a musical group popular … [Read more...]
How Determined Are You?
When you have a specific project to complete – do you dive right in and figure out what is needed and start the process – or do you check the deadline first and that drives your answer of when to start? Or, in your own business, you know you need to make some personnel changes, hiring some new people and letting some others go. Do you take action as soon as these decisions are clear or do you wait hoping something will change? These are for example purposes, however, the question about … [Read more...]
Where Were You When…?
You just can’t forget where you were when it happened. Have you ever shared personal stories about your experiences in life? A loss in your family of a loved one for example. You remember where you were when you learned the news. A revelation or a lesson learned the hard way. You remember where you were and exactly what took place at that time. Your first pet - the day they came home with you. Other moments are shared moments for many people. People who were alive then speak about … [Read more...]
Do You Enjoy The Fruits Of Your Efforts?
For years working aboard deep sea going supertankers, especially when in my role as the Chief Mate, there were certain times where there were periods of no or little sleep and high stress. For those who may not be aware a supertanker typically carries over 2 million barrels of crude oil. A single US Barrel of oil is equivalent to 42 gallons. So if you buy a gallon of milk in the store, it’s two million of those without the plastic container! As the Chief Mate, I was in charge of the loading … [Read more...]
Do You Begin With A Clean Slate?
When a tanker discharges the entire contents of her cargo, typically the tanks are cleaned prior to arrival at the next port location to load a new cargo. A similar method is followed for dry bulk cargo ships as well. There are numerous reasons with the two main ones being to avoid any contamination from the previous cargo and to insure the proper measurements at loading and discharging are accurate. In a similar fashion don’t we like to begin working on something new with a clean slate? This … [Read more...]
Glass Half Full or Glass Half Empty – What Do You See?
A number of people were not pleased. In my article titled: “Can It Get Any Worse” they felt let down. There were no seagoing or ship references! “Did you forget or something!” they asked me. Sorry – not sorry – sorry. Seriously I’m not into being a politician. So it was my fault and I’m sorry for anyone who was disappointed. What is your attitude each day? Do you choose to go with the flow and virtually always seek to find the positive aspects in situations? Or do you choose negativity … [Read more...]
