by Dwayne Phillips An old adage, one that I have experienced to be true, is that a person will tell another person the solution to all their problems in the first five minutes of the first conversation. Many years ago, an experienced consultant told me, “The client will tell the consultant the solution to all […]
The First Five Minutes
June 13th, 2024 · No Comments
Tags: Consulting · Learning · Listening · Problems · Solutions
Where I Come From, We…
May 13th, 2024 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips It is easy to use my past as a reason for my behavior. It’s just an excuse. Put it and all other excuses behind and be here and now and better. “You have to understand” (when we hear those words, run and hide quickly) I could keep this list going for a […]
Tags: Accountability · Choose · Excuses · Expectations · Growth · History · Improvement · Influence · Learning
An Important Question
May 6th, 2024 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips There are many important questions that relate to one situation or another. I find that there is one question that is more important than most in any situation What did I learn? That is the more-important question. I try to accomplish things that I want to accomplish. I have a goal. I […]
Tags: Education · Learning · Problems · Questions · Teaching · Work
There Is No Crying in Baseball and Other Self-Contradictions
April 22nd, 2024 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips Take caution with negative statements as they often contradict themselves. “There is no crying in baseball,” is a famous line from the movie A League of Their Own. (My wife says that is a movie about sisters. I say it is a movie about baseball.) That is a self-contradictory statement. One person […]
Tags: Analysis · Appearances · Clarity · Communication · Integrity · Learning · Meaning · Writing
Remote Sensing Is Still Difficult
April 8th, 2024 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips We have yet more examples showing how remote sensing is difficult. One day, we learn this well enough to anticipate it? There have been several unmanned craft land on the moon recently. That is a great accomplishment to send something to the moon and have it land soft enough to still function. […]
Tags: Adapting · Competence · Computing · Engineering · Learning · Remote Work · Risk · Technology
Next-Level Everything
March 4th, 2024 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips Stretching the mind is generally a good thing. There are many ways to do this, so just do it. Over the years, I have spent hours playing the guitar. If I spend half-an-hour a day playing day after day, what I play starts to resemble jazz. I have some sort of lifetime […]
Tags: Analysis · Competence · Education · Growth · Improvement · Knowledge · Learning
Nap More, Talk Less
January 18th, 2024 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips Along with the sage advice, “listen more, talk less,” I add, “nap more, talk less.” “People who nap in the day are lazy.” My mother told me that countless times. Sometimes I disagree with things my mother told me. Now to the title of the post: before opening mouth, rest. Fatigue always […]
Tags: Communication · Fatigue · Learning · Listening · Rest · Writing
It’s Easier Than Ever to Know a Little
December 18th, 2023 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips There is so much information available to us, what do we do? Wait, there are also so many great summaries of information available to us. It is easier than ever to know a little. Is that a good thing? It is easier than ever to know a little: It is still just […]
Tags: Artificial Intelligence · Expertise · Knowledge · Learning · Research · Wikipedia · Writing
You Are Too Good, You Are Fired
October 30th, 2023 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips Sometimes some persons excel to the point where they need to be fired. You have outgrown what we do here. You are much more capable than we need. You are fired. Those words don’t make sense. If someone has improved and improved, we want them to stay with us, right? Perhaps not. […]
Tags: Adapting · Growth · Jobs · Learning · Technology · Tools
Accelerate the Learning
October 19th, 2023 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips Learning is good as it leads to better performance and other beneficial things. There are tools available that accelerate learning. Let’s use those. I try to learn. Sometimes I forget to learn. Yes, fatigue clobbers my mind and I simply forget to notice things, store them, and use them. There are tools […]
Tags: Competence · Energy · Fatigue · Growth · Humility · Improvement · Learning · Thinking · Tools