I have been so busy lately, I almost forgot to brush my teeth (just kidding). It is amazing how busy we can become in our lives that we either forget things, or take something for granted.

I have been working on finishing up a project for a client, redesigning my website and blog, and looking for the next contract!

Where have all the good times gone? You have to work for what you want, and if you let up… someone else will get it.

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One of the most challenging management gigs, is managing your own career.  I have been managing my career path for the last few years as a consultant for-hire.  While I enjoy the short-term involvement, just long enough to develop a project plan, execute the project, close the project (sometimes with 30 day guarantee), then out the door.  This exposure has afforded me a tremendous amount of experience across business lines, and the ability to work with Business Analysts, Management, the (Corporate) Business itself, and others at all levels.

This has taught me many lessons in dealing with projects, and realizing the potential that projects have (both positive and negative).  I have developed the knoweldge to see things ‘coming down the track’.  Being involved in such a diversity of projects, from Integrated Voice Recognition to Web-based Applications, I have garnered the ability to forsee issues, mitigate risk where some others may not see it, and have an insight to the outcome(s) of projects.

This is also a vice at times, because knowing what may well happen on a project, sometimes precludes me to expect something to happen.  Often times, I am very right.  But once in a while, I can expect great things, when the unexpected happens… the budget falls out of the bottom.  Didn’t see that coming…

You can’t predict everything, no matter what your experience level.  You can work as hard as you can to determine the outcome of the project, but in the end, it’s your hard work during the project that matters most.

I am guilty of forward thinking, I typically trandscend the norm.  But I do not, and cannot forget that all projects have a ring, and sometimes that ring can be broken.

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Today is Jenn’s Birthday…

I had flowers delivered to my Wife today for her Birthday.  She promptly called me to let me know that she was so happy about the delivery, and that she loved me!  That was great, she recieved some beautiful flower arrangement, and I recieved a wonderful feeling in return… reciprocation at it’s finest!

I love her.  The card read… “Happy Birthday To My Everything; Love, Me” (I have been calling her my everything since we met)

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Esther Derby has now posted about Feedback and encouragement.

I really appreciate her thoughts on the fact that feedback is not all about ‘gratitude’ and patting on the back.  Feedback is constructive criticsm(?) and focus points.  I have learned now that constructive feedback consists of some recognition of goals/focus, however the latter (focus) should be viewed as ‘this is what you can do in the future’, or ‘this is what I would like to see you focus on more’.

Esther states:

Reinforcing feedback is information about a result or behavior to that’s working well–something to continue. For example, “Jane, as I read your report, I really noticedd the way you’ve presented the evidence. Each fact builds upon the previous data. The way you’ve organized this report makes it easy for me to follow and builds a compelling case.”

I am with you Esther…

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Since I have been getting around a number one rank in Google for ‘How much does a penny weigh‘, I thought that I would do more research, and be a little more precise for the not so easy to please scholars that need definate answers.

(Pennies made before 1982 were mostly copper, and weighed about 3.1 grams. Today’s penny weighs 2.5 grams and is composed mostly of zinc. —Joe Riel—)

Find a penny made after 1982. It weights 2.5 grams. Now pretend that the penny is 100% pure copper.

Copper has an atomic weight of 63.54.
So, that means that a copper penny would contain about 23,685,867,170,290,000,000,000 atoms.

63.54 grams of copper equals 1 gram atomic weight.
2.5 grams is the weight of a penny.
3.9345% of a gram atomic weight our penny is.
6.02 X 1023 is the number of atoms in an gram atomic weight.
23,685,867,170,290,000,000,000 atoms are present in the penny.
So, the answer is… 2.5 grams

Steve (comment #1 on Original Post) wanted to know an answer that American’s can relate to. Hmm, Steve ‘ol boy, I am not sure how to take that. I am an American… for the Love of God I live in Iowa!! 2.5 grams has the ounce equivalent of: 0.08818490487395103

If I do not seem to answer your questions, please leave a comment and I will. If you believe my answers to be inaccurate, leave a comment and I will research further. If you have something to say, leave a comment so that everyone can see how you think.

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Mike Sansone is contemplating Business Blog Workshop Webinars to complimet his Business Blog Workshops

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