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Blog Day 2011 Personal Philosophy

On Personal Faults.

I would say that my biggest fault is I put way too much on my plate. I want to do all these super awesome things, but time is finite. I am trying to do a better job of time management. I am trying to go from multi-tasking on 50 projects to single-tasking and finishing projects in a timely manner as well as prioritize so the super important thing don’t get skipped. To finish off this I want to share my productivity tools with you.

Remember the Milk – Best todo list on the web.

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Google Calendar – Best calendar for personal as well as collaborative use.

 

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Virtual Post-Its – Need to make a quick note, these are perfect. Built into Macs (Widgets) and Windows 7 (Stickies).

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Whiteboards – Nothing beats a good whiteboard. Quick, easy, and highly visible.

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Blog Day 2011 Personal Philosophy

On Sought-after Superpowers.

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This is probably way too obvious to even be interesting if you know me, but here goes. If given the choice I would have to go with super intelligence. My alter-ego, Tony Stark aka Iron Man, is arguably the smartest person on Earth. (Evidenced by conversations and a chess game had with Reed Richards in the Illuminati or was it The Invincible Iron Man) Either way with my big ol’ brain I would be able to solve just about any problem. Not only that but I would be thinking up and creating all the coolest and most useful things. That and progressing the human race. Totally, intelligence. Who needs flying or laser beams when you can just make a suit that enables you to fly and has repulsor rays.

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Blog Day 2011 Personal Philosophy

On Switching Places.

 

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Ok, I thought about copping out on this one, but it has potential. It has the legs. Instead of going the easy route and do something like “I wish I was a football” or “I wish I was Superman” I am going to take this more seriously.

Who do I wish I could switch places with? So, I need to preface my answer that I would like to be able to switch back. Let’s face it. I am a white, middle class, male, in America. How many more opportunities can I get. This is a touchy subject and I am not trying to brag in the least bit, but honestly. I came out with the best possible odds for success.

This leads into who I would switch places with. I wish for a little while I could switch places with a person not of Caucasian descent, a woman, and someone who was not so well off. If only to experience what kind of hardships and blockades I would have to put up with. They still exist in a real way. I hear stories; I read about them. It just doesn’t have the same effect as actually living them. I would not like to attempt this because I think it would be fun or some research project, but just because I have no Idea what it feels like. It is always easier to empathize if you can relate and I have very little I can pull from.

I hold little to no prejudices, I firmly believe we are all equal, no matter what.

I am tripping myself up in this article because I find myself backtracking to make sure nothing is taken the wrong way, but I will just say I am not taking this lightly or in jest. I truly believe that we need to eradicate prejudices in our society and that the first step is to realize what is happening and understand the plight of those being oppressed.

While mine may not be funny, clever, or easy I would love to educate myself more help destroy the artificial barriers that exist between groups.