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why i’m not discouraged: on greatness

Thursday, November 6th, 2008

Okay, so I had a version of this post all ready to go for a while.  It was entitled "why i'm discouraged part 3".  But, I'm really not discouraged anymore.  In fact, I'm pretty much the opposite of discouraged.  I feel energized to a degree that actually kind of shocks ...

why i’m discouraged, part 2: the customer is always right

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

first, a confession:  I'm not actually that discouraged anymore.  Don't get me wrong, I still have some significant but low-level anxiety and I'm still intellectually upset about all the stuff I was upset about before but i'm not feeling that deep, soul-shaking discouragement that I was before.  which is good ...

why i’m discouraged, part 1: on “balance”

Wednesday, October 1st, 2008

I'm kind of a relentless optimist.  I was asked in the interview for my current job to describe myself in 5 words: "optimistic" was the only one that came easily.  One quality optimists tend to have is the ability to take the long view, to believe that things have been ...