Work invisibility

Career vibrancy habits are invisible. This is why career vibrancy is considered a myth.

dad

No one sees the work professionally vibrant people do. This is why career artistry and career contribution seems nearly impossible.

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On being an elder, at work

Car wash.

Embrace your unconventional artistry. For me, it’s my salvation.

dad

Being unconventional is not going to win you many friends.

Why?

Because unconventional is contrary.

Love the #2 definition…perversely inclined to disagree or to do the opposite of what is expected or desired.”

Artistry.

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Alphabets and other beauties

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ.
some black-eyed Susans in a bottle
L-R: Moroccan stromatolite, and a Madagascar stromatolite.
Small avocado tree in bloom
While we were gone our first fruit tree (avocado) bloomed.

Repetition is the mother of all learning.

dad

Worth repeating this.

It’s how we (and the sidewalk artist) learned the alphabet. And math.

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Same day, different hemisphere, work

Hollywood sign from airplane
Coming in from Australia, mate. Photo credit: Cheryl Noel.
Hotel res calendar
While awaiting our LAX to MCO (Orlando) boarding process, i grabbed a strategic night at Granite Park Chalet.
8-second video: Brought Steve and some of his headliners back from Sippy Downs.
12-second video: Just marking the territory. These figurines will show up in Glacier’s 2024 photos. A creative switch from the annual Pixar ritual.
7-second video: Snow in ‘Hollywood’. Cool.

Leverage is knowing that if someone had all the money in the world, this is what they’d buy.

John Dutton in Yellowstone’s first episode

Watched Yellowstone’s S1, E1 episode.

The quote above is a key takeaway.

Live like you mean it.

Whatever that means.

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Fly home from Australia, work

Two adults in a grocery store
Coles was our grocery store for three weeks. This is from late yesterday on our way to drop off our son at his campus apartment. One final grocery store run with a vehicle.
Vegemite
Cheryl got one to bring home.
Two people in grocery store
Just a moment in time. Less than 24 hours ago.
Easter candy
Mid-February in Australia. Easter candy now on display.
Kookaburra plush toy
The Kookaburra puzzle on right is a hidden surprise for after the first week in his new apartment.
Kookaburra plush toy Fun fact tag
Kookaburra fun fact.
Kookaburra puzzle box
Should be a fun surprise.
College apartment
4-bedroom, 4-bath apartment with shared kitchen and living room.

Make the most of every opportunity.

dad

Every situation, properly perceived, is an opportunity.

And some situations need no perception because they are obvious.

Wisdom is seeing everything as an opportunity.

Wisdom is also discerning when, how, and why?

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