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]]> By: Brad Isaac http://www.persistenceunlimited.com/2008/04/facing-an-uncomfortable-past-and-rolling-hard/comment-page-1/#comment-27041 Brad Isaac Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:41:21 +0000 http://www.persistenceunlimited.com/2008/04/facing-an-uncomfortable-past-and-rolling-hard/#comment-27041 Music is a big trigger for me too. It can take me back quickly to prior times. Richard, seems like some high-stakes there. I don't blame you for zoning out into la-la land occasionally just to keep it together. Music is a big trigger for me too. It can take me back quickly to prior times.

Richard, seems like some high-stakes there. I don’t blame you for zoning out into la-la land occasionally just to keep it together.

]]> By: Richard McLaughlin http://www.persistenceunlimited.com/2008/04/facing-an-uncomfortable-past-and-rolling-hard/comment-page-1/#comment-27040 Richard McLaughlin Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:14:40 +0000 http://www.persistenceunlimited.com/2008/04/facing-an-uncomfortable-past-and-rolling-hard/#comment-27040 I suppose I am in the group "All of the above". I am just a killer on details, to the point where a project suddenly fell apart because a vendor failed to do something (physical infrastructure things related to networks) causing a 3 month delay in a project that was going to lose a million dollars a day if we were late. So I used by backup plan, a different vendor that was building out the same infrastructure. About a week later a the vendor failed in the same way and said 3 month delay. - Consider a 100 million dollar loss as bad for job security? My third vendor delivered on time. On the other hand I can be so out there in la-la land that people have asked if I was drinking - and I wasn't. Sadly, each day I have no clue which direction I will be going, but I know I don't look in the past. I suppose I am in the group “All of the above”. I am just a killer on details, to the point where a project suddenly fell apart because a vendor failed to do something (physical infrastructure things related to networks) causing a 3 month delay in a project that was going to lose a million dollars a day if we were late. So I used by backup plan, a different vendor that was building out the same infrastructure. About a week later a the vendor failed in the same way and said 3 month delay. – Consider a 100 million dollar loss as bad for job security? My third vendor delivered on time.

On the other hand I can be so out there in la-la land that people have asked if I was drinking – and I wasn’t.

Sadly, each day I have no clue which direction I will be going, but I know I don’t look in the past.

]]> By: Hantra http://www.persistenceunlimited.com/2008/04/facing-an-uncomfortable-past-and-rolling-hard/comment-page-1/#comment-27038 Hantra Mon, 28 Apr 2008 02:50:32 +0000 http://www.persistenceunlimited.com/2008/04/facing-an-uncomfortable-past-and-rolling-hard/#comment-27038 >There needs to be a balance - the yin and the yang. Awkwardness, sadness, and longing is part of the human experience. I think this is why I listen to a lot of music that is emotional, and dark at times. Sometimes I like making myself feel certain emotions. I also think back to the past, and sometimes wonder what might have been. I agree that it's perfectly normal and healthy. You can still roll hard and have softer moments. >There needs to be a balance – the yin and the yang. Awkwardness, sadness, and longing is part of the human experience.

I think this is why I listen to a lot of music that is emotional, and dark at times. Sometimes I like making myself feel certain emotions. I also think back to the past, and sometimes wonder what might have been. I agree that it’s perfectly normal and healthy. You can still roll hard and have softer moments.

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