Returning to a life crime, I’m forced to steal from others. I do feel liberated and if I wasn’t near exhaustion I’m sure I’d also feel exhilarated. I just hope breaking out of the next box doesn’t torture me as much as it did in my “website box.”
“The Tau of Steves: What You Don’t Know Could Fill a Book”
“5” Steve Nash, 45: “You’ve broken out of the box only to discover you’re in a bigger box. Even so, liberation is one of the most exhilarating feelings, and it’s something to celebrate and savor for as long as it lasts.” Aquarius
Day Fourteen of Scorpio Time
Hi and welcome to Sunday’s Episode 120 in the first season of ” My 1-Year Natural Experiment” on this 17th day of November in the fall of 2019
Evidence
I really didn’t want to spend four more hours this Sunday afternoon tweaking my websites. With my personality, once I’ve kicked in my obsessive side, it’s really hard to stop when I’m so close to finishing.
This whole past week, while I struggled with WordPress’ TwentySeventeen Theme, I met my goal of dedicating 50% of my time “working on the business.”
By 5 pm I finished the parallax functionality of the each of the 6 websites —
I’ll still need to tune each, but they’re working marvelously.
With Scorpio Time winding down I so hoped for more boffo Holiday Tau, not so much for me, but for Zahn, Winkler and Emma the Baroness.
But alas…
“3” Steve Zahn, 51: “Other people can’t help but project onto you the person they most want and need you to be. This is why knowing oneself always requires some amount of solitude.” Scorpio
It’s not my birthday (that was two and half weeks ago), but this looks promising and is still technically in Scorpio Time — let’s check back in 2020!
Today’s Holiday Birthday:
“The turn of the year features some electrifying chemistry. Being around certain people inspires you to let down your guard, alter your perspective and change your rules. In 2020, your work becomes what you want it to be. You’ll perpetuate different sorts of generosity as both the recipient and the benefactor.”
Random ones that make me want change my sign.
Returning to a life crime, I’m forced to steal from others. How perceptive you are, Mr. Nash. I do feel liberated and if I wasn’t near exhaustion I’m sure I’d also feel exhilarated. I just hope breaking out of the next box doesn’t torture me as much as it did in my “website box.”
“5” Steve Nash, 45: “You’ve broken out of the box only to discover you’re in a bigger box. Even so, liberation is one of the most exhilarating feelings, and it’s something to celebrate and savor for as long as it lasts.” Aquarius
So turning to another former NBA player and championship coach is there anything I learned so far from box breaking that I should apply going forward?
“5” Steve Kerr, 54: “To finish a project, you will need designated time and a conducive environment that allows for undivided focus.” Libra
So McQueen’s Holiday Tau doesn’t sound healthy, wealthy nor wise. It sounds more like constipation which I’m not eager to curate. What should I do? Find another passion project that naturally ignites my creativity?
“4” Steve McQueen (1930 – 1980): “Your talent is like a fire. If you hide your light too long, it will be like a flame under a candle snuffer: Suffocated and extinguished until you reignite.” Aries
So, do WW&C mean I shouldn’t pay attention to McQueen’s Holiday Tau? He’s long since been dead, so that doesn’t compute. I’ll need to ponder this one searching for relevancy.
“2” Steve Winwood, 71; Stevie Wonder, 69; Stephen Colbert, 56: “People who tell you which experiences you should have may be steering you toward an agenda that benefits them.” Taurus
Listen, I’m not rating Smith’s so high for today, but for what I felt and sensed and was awe struck during the moment I gazed upon Michelangelo’s masterpiece in the Sistine Chapel when Emma the Baroness visited the Vatican nearly a year ago.
“5” Steve Smith, 30: “There are plenty of sacred things that got that way by being so imbued with reverence that everyone around was able to feel the blessed energy of them.” Gemini
I wish — now obviously Michelangelo was the sculptor and we felt privileged walking past the display of his progress chiseling chunks away from blocks of stone on our way down the hall ending with the statue of his David in Florence, Italy.
“5” Steve Carell, 57; Steve Martin, 74; Steve Wozniak, 69: “You’re like a sculptor who sees a useful or beautiful shape inside a hunk of stone.” Leo
Outside consultants briefed us earlier in my career as we internal consultants pitched in to transform a stodgy old-school corporation into a near state of the art engineering and construction company. Being from USC, the university with so many legacy executives, the consultants made our uphill struggle less strenuous when they described how like a metamorphosis and organizational transformation unfolds the same way. What you considered key success factors in the previous stage of development work against you in the next one on the other side — as Aoki’s message simply states.
“5” Steve Aoki, 41: “Your thought processes will be different when you get on the other side of this problem. Keep that in mind while making decisions that will affect future you.” Sagittarius
Right on the money. This is a lesson I learned the hard way as I bounced from one job to the next until it dawned on me that if you know what your talent profile is, you can choose the culture (at least your work friends and colleagues) that brings out the best in you. And, for that matter which brings out the worst in you. Wait, on second thought Harvey’s Holiday Tau may literally be about literally choosing a community based on your own preferences and beliefs.
“5” Steve Harvey, 62: “Owing to your versatile, tolerant and socially adventurous style, you don’t always agree with or have much in common with your friends. Seek out a community that resonates with your beliefs.” Capricorn
And, basically it was in these organization types and at the Mature growth stage that I finally found my blind spots. But, maybe more importantly Jobs’ Holiday Tau informs our current president’s penchant for demanding loyalty at all costs as surfaced in the House’s impeachment inquiry under way.
“5” Steve Jobs, (1955 – 2011): “Your blind spots are as dangerous as any totalitarian-type control that asks you to see things only one way. Better the question you can’t answer than the answer you can’t question.” Pisces
Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Inspired by: Holiday Mathis – Creators Syndicate