The Book of Open 23.01.2016

I put up my Periscope yesterday to take a look around.

Exercise

10 sets of kettlebell high pulls first thing in the morning. Then 20 sets after I got home from work. I used a 61 pound kettlebell and did one arm at a time. My entire body hurts. It’s the good kind of hurt though. I totalled of about one hour and fifteen minutes of throwing them around.

Learning

I did my first Periscope broadcast yesterday. It was an interesting experience and I felt very comfortable doing it. I called it “Talking about Life while Lifting Kettlebells.” I’m only appreciating now how totally uninteresting that sounds. Note to self: come up with better titles for your broadcasts. Anyway, I worked out and between sets I talked about how I came to quit drinking.

There are so many positives about broadcasting like this. I’m already working out, so why not create some value while I’m at it?

• I become a better speaker
• I can see all my weird mannerisms
• I continue to craft my message and delivery
• I can be of service to people through a different medium
• I can work on my exercise form.
• I had some important insights while I was rambling on.

I received some good advice from my boss yesterday. I’m starting to appreciate how knowledgeable he is and how much I can learn from him. We have some major initiatives under way which I reviewed with him yesterday. His message to me was that I am manhandling these projects through force of will instead of putting systems in place. I have to admit that he’s correct. That’s exactly what I am doing.

His reiterated that manufacturing thrives on repeatability and that systems and processes are the foundation of that. Don’t get me wrong, I know all that. He did more than just reinforce that message to me though. He let me know that I have his full support and backing. That means to implement change and hold people accountable. That’s an important thing for a leader to say to an underling. Especially in a tough environment like ours.

Gratitude

I am grateful for the dinner we had last night. We always have such a great time with Dave & Shannon and we’re all on such interesting journeys. Our relationship is evolving just we are as individuals and it’s something wonderful to have in our lives.

I’m also grateful that Tanja is a wonderful and caring mom. I see how she is going to be amazing with teenage girls. I don’t know if words can express how grateful I am for that.

Speaking of Tanja. I am grateful that she didn’t get offended that I wouldn’t let her watch my Periscope broadcast. Maybe later, but not right now :)