So, getting back on track. What’d I do this week ?
Perhaps the most relevant for my relationship to Young Hands Club is I clarified what it means to me, which I see as pledge to Diana Coman and the code, which is ultimately about improving and working effectively with people. I’ve been struggling to find the words for why I’ve not used it these past months and why I’ve gone through all those false starts, but have not yet found them. The bottom line is I’ve allowed myself to be more passive. Nevertheless, I have made improvements behind the scenes and think we’re setting ourselves up for some big wins with JWRD.
I think re-committing to YHC will help me be more resourceful and improve my odds of success. While I’m not sure it’s measurable how much it’s already helped, I know it’s substantial. I’m sorry for my recent conduct, which I know isn’t enough to just say.
As for the wider scope, the weekend of the 30th, my best local friend visited from Boston. We made a golf outing with 10 other friends Saturday and played 9 holes Sunday afternoon. Around that time I decided to join the city club for a range of reasons : a) with Panama still under very severe curfew and a closed international border, it’s becoming less likely I’ll be returning this summer; b) there are many old, high quality connections I have there to re-establish with members of the club ((e.g. I’m playing half a loop Thursday evening with a childhood friend who works in structured finance for Goldman Sachs and is working from here this summer rather than Manhattan.)); c) the membership is good value, it’ll be good exercise and will put me back in touch with my 21 year old self who hustled around a club for a summer and put himself in a position to take advantage of game changing opportunities he’d otherwise not have been.
My paternal Grandmother turned 98 Tuesday the 2nd, so there were a few days of celebration at the beginning of the week.
On Tuesday I finished integrating Jacob’s review of the contract for the deal we’re negotiating with a small business interested in investing in owning their IT infrastructure. The first stage of the deal is a paid research report customized to their business requirements that will include recommendations and quotes for JWRD providing them long term IT support.
Otherwise on JWRD sales front I spoke with about twenty people — primarily in person ((Handshakes are rarely being turned down lately in my experience.)), some over the phone — who are mixtures of prospects and referral sources. No deals were closed.
Further work included an article documenting press, install and usage of Gales Bitcoin Wallet on Gales Linux.
By the end of the week I was expecting to have that article out over the weekend, but Friday one of the local patriarchs here died unexpectedly. He was a pillar of the local basketball community and I know his oldest son ((he had 3 children that’ve grown to between 26 and 19yo)) and his friends very well — some since infancy and when I was in high school I was counselor at basketball camp they all went to. I never played for the man nor was he a family friend, so the relationship wasn’t extremely close, but we still knew each other well enough and were always friendly. I stopped by the house Friday at sunset and didn’t leave until about 4am Saturday. After getting some sleep, I wrote the family a letter between 10am and noon Saturday, then had 18 holes of golf scheduled to play, which I did, then went back to the house be with everyone again last night. I’ve learned more about how positive he was posthumously so still processing the whole situation.
As to the status of the GBW article, I expect to publish that by Tuesday at the latest.
Glad to get a glimpse of the wider picture as it’s not all that unrelated either (nor can it be unrelated, unless you go for the compartmentalizing idiocy and hopefully you don’t). And at times – especially at the times when “can’t find the words” – it tells (well, depending on who is reading, granted) all that it’s needed, on its own and without much struggle. In any case, looking at it all and to the extent that you don’t have to sync very closely on any of it with many others, you are probably better off with a very loose “plan”, more of a few points/bearings to keep in mind for the week (and probably you do that anyway, without writing it down). Nevertheless, reviewing what actually got done/happened and in what way (with what resources and to what actual result) is still the only way to both keep track of it and improve, there isn’t much substitute there. While loose might work fine for planning in some cases, it never works for the track & review.
Eh, when I said mid to long term just what did you think I meant? It was quite clear from the start that nobody will go back for at least a few months, more likely the year at the very least. (And that without even going into the thorny “what exactly is left to go back to, by the end all it’s done.)
A smart man I happen to know stated once plainly that truth that once decided on something, the path to it will be carved too, even if possibly in unexpected ways. So certainly worth exploring at the very least, alongside all the rest, indeed.
Looking forward to it.
Comment by Diana Coman — June 8, 2020 @ 8:53 am
Yeah, I do look at it holistically.
Hmm, that’s interesting and I’d not thought of it, but makes sense. That’ll help me to just say that and get through it faster if/when there is a next time, thanks.
And OK on loosening the plan and tightening the review, that sounds good too.
Hey, I took what you meant then and I’m not surprised it’s still closed. It’s simply more clear now and that’s all I was stating. I am surprised how severely Panama has been locked down and thus am in no rush to return at present. Today they’re re-instituting the prison style stay at home order after only lifting it for a week. Quite thorny indeed.
Thanks for the reminder ! :)
Comment by Robinson Dorion — June 8, 2020 @ 6:18 pm
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