Plan To Fail Or Don’t Expect To Succeed
In this post I’m going to let you in on a secret- You are going to fail. More than once and in more than one way. It’s what you do with the failure that matters.
Professional Development
Made To Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die – A Review
Having trouble getting your ideas accepted? I read a book that can help you. You can read the review or just go out and get the book, I recommend it. “Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die.” There is a link ‘below the fold.’ Yes, some readers got what they needed from … Read more
Day Job Lessons From The Garden
It’s spring and in addition to our usual vegetable garden and some existing fruit crops, we are putting in a row of 15 blueberry bushes. Well the past two nights I’ve been outside for 3-4 hours digging a trench (about 40′ long by 2.5′ wide and 1′ deep. right, I said feet.) by hand and … Read more
SQL University – Professional Development & Knowledge Sharing
This week is SQL University’s “Professional Development” week. Andy Leonard is a pro when it comes to this topic (check out this post and the links on it to see what I mean) and I asked if I could sneak a post in along side his this week since it is a topic I tend … Read more
Bill Clinton Wasn’t Impeached For…
Yes, he was impeached, by the house and acquitted by the Senate. Not the point of my post today, forget the politics. He wasn’t impeached for all of that business with Monica Lewinski. Was it unethical? Yes. Was it immoral? Well to me it is. Was that activity an impeachable offense? No. Why was he … Read more
SQL Saturday #33 – Charlotte – A Recap
I am sitting in the terminal at Charlotte’s airport waiting for my flight back, it’s a bit delayed so I have time to reflect on a great SQL Saturday. This was my second SQLSaturday and it was a fantastic event. Boston was also great, as I blogged about but I was here a bit longer … Read more
StraightPath Solutions – A Year in Review
As we approach the end of 2009, I want to give myself a review on where I have been, what I have done and where I can grow next year from a SQL Server consultant point of view. Part Time – Enough Time For Fun As I have posted before and explain on the about … Read more