Exceeding the Possibilities

This mornings train ride was most interesting and enlightening. Particularly as I was reading Jack Welch‘s book on leadership.

But moreso because of the phone conversation I heard behind me. Despite only hearing only one side of it, much of the details were a bad inditement of the attitude of this person an probably many more in his game.

His words:

“I don’t have to work so hard. They want me to get at least 3 sales each day. Easy. That’s 1 between 10-12pm, 1 between 12-2pm and 1 more between 2-4pm. I can do that, yeah too easy.”

Now I am most impressed that this character finds it all too easy. But I don’t applaud how stagnant he is making his job.

Wouldn’t you want to exceed your expectations? Maybe you’d even like to outdo what the boss expects of you?

The worst you can do is meet your primary goals. But maybe your ability to exceed will win you some power in the hierarchy of the business.

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Morning Photography

Not much to say tonight, so will show off my photographs from this morning’s walk up into Blackwood. I have visited this location before, but that was with my old Canon 400D and some old stock lens. This time I went with my Canon 50D and 70-300mm f4 telephoto lens. Certainly makes a difference.

That was 1.5 hours of photography this morning … before the heat of the day took over. Let’s hope the weather cools down enough to shoot more interesting objects, places and maybe even a few more people next weekend.

Black Cat Looking for New Home

We have come to this decision, and it wasn’t easy:
We are giving-away Mischief (aka “Mr Handsome” or “Panther Boy”) to a cat-loving household who can afford the time and space to enjoy his amiable disposition.

Would you like to have a beautiful black cat live with you?

With our first-born due for arrival in late May, our cats will no longer be the centre of attention. So we’ve decided Mischief is the one to get the attention he needs.

He is approximately 14-years-old, is microchipped and desexed (with papers), likes kangaroo meat for dinner, loves a nice blanket to sleep upon, and is an indoor cat as our council objects to cats roaming the bushland and neighbourhood.

Should you be interested in taking on this beautiful big black cat into your home, message me via Twitter or Facebook to discuss further.

Check out the few photographs I have shot of him over the last few years:

Note: If Mischief doesn’t get a new home before the end of April 2012, we may choose to have him euthanised. I would rather not do that. As said, my wife is going to have a baby and I don’t want her going through any undue stress.

Offer only available to residents living in Adelaide (South Australia), and have a quiet home where Mischief can relax all day.

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My Favourite 4 Photographs each Month in 2011

Almost every day in 2011, I uploaded a new set of photographs to my Flickr gallery. On this first day of 2012, I went through all of them via my archives to determine my top 4 photographs for each month throughout 2011.

Follow the link on each photograph to enjoy each their full glory!

JANUARY

FEBRUARY

MARCH

APRIL

MAY

JUNE

JULY

AUGUST

SEPTEMBER

OCTOBER

NOVEMBER

DECEMBER