Working Up

by Dwayne Phillips
Life is full of interesting things. All we have to do is notice them. To do so, I have learned to keep my “notice-er” engaged. I have also learned how to keep and use the noticed things.
At a recent public gather, a friend stood to give a five-minute speech. This five-minute speech occurs [...]

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by Dwayne Phillips
I have learned how to email bad emotions and their accompanying physical ailments away. It is a good technique to master.
Several years ago, I opened some shipping cases to inspect some systems that a contractor had built for us. I was disappointed, then I was upset, then furious. There were a bunch of [...]

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by Dwayne Phillips
There is a difference between gifts and contracts. Givers often confuse the two.
I just read several blog posts and comments about giving money to “poor” people only to see them half an hour later buying lottery tickets with the money. They givers were incensed as the poor had promised to buy food and [...]

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by Dwayne Phillips
Frenzied paralysis - so many things in my mind that I cannot do any of them. I make a list to clear my mind and move from paralysis to action.
I can’t think. Well, that’s not true. I guess the problem is that I am thinking too much. Well, that is not true, either. [...]

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by Dwayne Phillips
Design reviews can be important parts of projects. At design reviews, we attempt to communicate clearly and minimize misunderstandings. There are several design reviews that are important to the success of a project. This essay describes one design review that people want to have but should never be allowed.
We have design reviews In [...]

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by Dwayne Phillips
What was impossible at one point in the past, often is now possible. What is impossible today will probably possible in the future. Change the conversation by replacing “impossible” with a phrase.
What is impossible these days?

Curing the common cold
Finding politicians who are candid about their proposals
An efficient government
Any efficient group of people with [...]

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by Dwayne Phillips
Organizations tend to highlight their differences. The differences set them apart in the marketplace. Concentrating on the differences also can dim thinking. Perhaps it is good enough to merely be good enough.
In my experience, organizations tend to highlight what makes them different from all other organizations. They concentrate on the differences. They talk [...]

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by Dwayne Phillips
Clutter is a bunch of things that seem to pile up and get in the way. Physical clutter is easy to see. Mental clutter isn’t easy to see. Clutter - physical and mental - tends to drain energy with no action resulting. I recommend avoiding mental clutter by putting ideas into a place [...]

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