Random Bytes...by Ross Rader

Happy Jim Morrison day

Ross — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:27:00 -0400

37 years ago today, Jim Morrison died. How do I remember this every year?

He had the good taste to kick off the day I was born :)

Waiting in the green room

Ross — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:10:00 -0400

I guess I overplanned in terms of arriving on time. I have a really bad habit of trying to show up exactly on time. Which means when I get lost or run into obstacles, I'm late. Trying to avoid this today, I left a bit early. Unfortunately everything went smoothly, and now I'm sitting here in "the green room" with 40 minutes to burn.

When I arrived, they initially thought that I was here for "off the record" - a sports talk show. I thought for a split second about bluffing, but decided against it, knowing nothing about sports ;)

There's no food in the green room, but there is a makeup person on a break talking to someone on the phone.

Off to Paris

Ross — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:56:00 -0400

ICANN nominating committee meetings this weekend. I'm going to blog more often going forward. It is important. Catch you on the flipside.

Merry Freakin' Catmas

Ross — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 19:31:00 -0400

The really big celebration is over at catmas.com.

Five Strategies For Avoiding the Tactical Quagmire

Ross — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 06:54:00 -0400

Some further reading on how to "Getting Serial" that I blogged previously... Michael Watkins outlines five strategies for dealing with "The Urgent vs. The Important".

Specifically;

1) Get clear about your priorities. You can do what you haven't prioritized. If its important, stick it at the top of the list.

2) If you have to work tactically, make sure that its productive. Its way to easy to devote energy towards reacting to things that are thrown at you. Avoid this.

3) Delegate more, and delegate more effectively. Its okay to delegate elements of strategic development to various members of your team. This will not only help you to focus on the big picture items that need your attention, it will also help them develop their skills.

4) Establish boundaries. Set aside sacred time each day and devote it to the things that really need your attention. Vigorously defend this time at all costs.

5) Make sure that you are part of the solution. Are you taking time to figure out how to prevent problems? Simply solving them when they come up isn't enough, you must spend time doing proactive problem prevention.

All great advice. I'm definitely going to subscribe to this blog.