Goodbye, for now, Bucko's World...

After spending multiple hours today posting future blog entries from reviewing RSS feeds, I decided that the effort is futile.  All this work for few comments, and it is so much easier to click "Like" on my feeds and share with more people via Facebook.

Sometimes you need to check and adjust, and priorities change.  I need to focus on my new job as we just reorganized and I have more responsibilities.  In addition, I need to ensure the local project management chapter is ready for the next phase as my tenure as president comes to an end this year.

For those that have followed my travels, thank you.  

If you are not friends with me on Facebook, but would still like to get my various project management and technology posts, then please become my friend there.

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I am not going to delete the blog at this time, but entries will be far and few between.

Sunday Silliness - Consistency :o)

Can-Can???

"When you believe you can-you can!"  

- Maxwell Maltz 

Don't Be Rude!

Over 60% blame their bad behavior on being overloaded at work. 

Stress isn't the only reason people are uncivil at work.   How about a “rude” boss?

What can companies do to counteract “rude” behaviors? Let's start with four suggestions, two for the organization, two for the individual employee.

Organizations can:

Make civility a priority and set guidelines.
Provide training

Individuals can:

Walk away (Refuse to be offended!)

Learn from it. 

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Bond and Science - Enough Time Has Passed to avoid spoilers...

In the new James Bond movie Skyfall, the Aston Martin DB5--a rare but staple race car in the spy fiction series since 1964--explodes into smithereens. We'll spare you the cinematic details, but take heart, auto aficionados. The real DB5 is safe.

A Bavarian 3-D printing company called voxeljet made three meticulously accurate 1:3 scale models of the classic vehicle, layer-by-layer. Each fake car (below) is made of 18 transparent plastic parts printed out of PMMA by voxeljet’s high-end VX4000 printer, a machine that can make objects as large as 13 feet by 6.5 feet by 3 feet.

From there a British prop-making company called Propshop Modelmakers assembled the models and applied realistic finishing like paint, chrome polish, and even bullet holes to match different car chase scenes in Skyfall.

Only 1,021 real Aston Martin DB5s were manufactured between 1963 and 1965, and the cameo car in the James Bond movie Goldfinger was recently valued at $2.6 million.

The models themselves aren’t cheap, either. Although one of the models met a fiery end, another sold for $99,041 at a Christie’s auction.

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Sunday Silliness - Committees

Downtime...

Downtime can dramatically improve mental and physical health and our personal relationships. So how can you better use downtime?

Clearly schedule your time: schedule evenings off, one to two days a week free of work, and weeklong chunks of vacation every year.

Allow for ad hoc downtime when you need it: If you're feeling stuck on a problem, frustrated, or simply tired of sitting down, take 10 minutes to walk, read for fun, or grab coffee with a friend to clear your mind.

Shut off your smartphone: Constant interconnectedness is a stressor. Find ways to create clear boundaries between work and life.

Create rituals and routines: SCreate rituals and routines that signal to your mind that it's time to start work, leave work, meditate, or engage with family.

It can be hard to carve out space for downtime in a 24/7 world. But it's precisely this chaos that requires the knowledge worker of the twenty-first century to be more vigilant than ever about cultivating the discipline to use downtime when the moment calls for it. 

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Success and Courage...

 "Success is never final and failure never fatal.
It is courage that counts."  

- George F. Tilton

Resolve to Succeed!

 "Always bear in mind, that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other thing."  

- Abraham Lincoln