Although, I’ve written before about the importance of being able to go-with-the-flow when planning vacation, the PM’s ability to strategize and multitask and plan ahead is useful in when planning many ‘regular’ life events. Sporting events come to mind today.…
The Winding Paths of Success
A couple weeks ago, a friend of mine who is only a couple years into his career talked to me about how about he feels as though his older friends’ careers have been so much more structured than he envisions…
Inventing Your Own Life’s Meaning – Bill Watterson
As we go about our careers, developing new skills and taking on new challenges, it can be very seductive to keep chasing the brass ring. Of course, you’ve worked hard to get to where you are and you don’t want…
Critical Path as a Way to Simplify Life
I was recently thinking about my friends in New York City who are always so busy, busy, busy. The phrase “in a New York minute” implies that everything there runs faster. Well, yes, to a degree, that’s true. But I…
Don’t Project Manage Your Vacations
Plan plan plan plan plan. You love doing it. I love doing it. We all love planning. It’s in our Project Manager’s DNA to plan. Making checklists of items to buy for tailgating. Running down friends to follow-up on when…
Fashion and the PMP Lifestyle
Many years ago, I spent a summer as a Teaching Assistant for a Business Communications class at a university in Bangladesh. The students were bright, young (though some older than yours truly) and eager to learn. Although respectful, you could…
Stay at a Business Hotel for Leisure
Lifehacker.com is one of my favorite websites. Sometimes it’s a bit of overload because they publish so many articles but it’s still worth perusing everyday to see what sort of tips and tricks they find for making life a little…