“The Tau of Steves: What You Don’t Know Could Fill a Book”
Steve Zahn, 51: “The thing you do in the moment might be impulsive or awkward or might lack a certain amount of emotional control that you wish you could claim. Who cares?” Scorpio
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Hi and welcome to Episode 73 in the first season of ” My 1-Year Experiment” on this eighth day of August in the summer of 2019.
What’s been going on? My goal for this week was to make good on dividing my time among my four passion projects.
So far I can view the first three days and see by color code how much time I actually spent on each activity.
In preparation for our Norwegian vacation we scheduled interviews with TSA at the airport with four names to qualify for our pre-screening security treatment at the gate.
I’d actually spent one whole day figuring out what was required to upload ebooks to Apple Books and how to market them. I concluded there were lots and lots of moving parts before I could close the gap on that project.
And, today while listening to Marc Maron’s podcast interview with Kurt Anderson my passion rekindled. But my Inspiration software crashed as I sketched out how insights in my notes from Fantasyland fit my Volume Three time line.
I’ve been so over structured, that I needed a Leo da Va time. Wait, do I schedule in time for that? Or risk becoming distracted by just letting him flow in the moment?
“5” Steve Zahn, 51: “The thing you do in the moment might be impulsive or awkward or might lack a certain amount of emotional control that you wish you could claim. Who cares?” Scorpio
Random ones that make me want change my sign.
Nash’s Holiday Tau is a cautionary tale for all of us introverts who just love them some solitude to concentrate on their (my) mega-projects.
“4” Steve Nash, 45: “The same structure that protects us and brings shelter in our day-to-day life can also be a cage.” Aquarius
Harvey’s Holiday Tau describes my weakness, especially with timelines and deadlines attached to mega-projects.
“5” Steve Harvey, 62: “With goal setting, getting the scale right is tricky. You probably won’t nail this on the first try, so keep going until you do.” Capricorn
What is the definition of “if”? I fell back on time-tracking frequently in my past when my natural instincts had to be redirected, so yeah Jobs’ Holiday Tau is just as pertinent at Harvey’s.
“5” Steve Jobs, (1955 – 2011): “It’s as though you’ve been through this scenario already in some kind of stimulated drill. There’s a gut feeling left over that you can trust.” Pisces
Of course it would take the Holiday Tau for two comedians and a company founder to point out how this iterative tracking process actually plays out.
“4” Steve Carell, 57; Steve Martin, 74; Steve Wozniak, 69: “Whatever your weakness, that’s part of the design that can be worked with, the part that draws people in.” Leo
I don’t think so.
“2” Steve McQueen (1930 – 1980): “Today you’ll see people move away from overly controlling influences and toward those who comfort and assure.” Aries
Haha. This reminds me of the time I attended a networking event where the guest motivational speaker handed out paperback copies of his book, and I’m paraphrasing here, “Help Me Help You” and I politely listened wondering if I had to become him to make a living as a consultant and advisor promoting myself with “knowledge products”?
“4” Steve Greene, 34; Steve Guttenberg, 61; Stephen King, 72: “There are people in the business of helping others who only really help themselves. Don’t buy into a model that shows sign of greed.” Virgo
Wait, isn’t kind of projection on display first in the election runoff among republican candidates, then again in the 2016 election, and yet again currently on Twitter?
“5” Steve Aoki, 41: “Pointing fingers will be a temptation. Of course, it wouldn’t bother you about another person if you didn’t notice the quality somewhere in yourself.” Sagittarius
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Inspired by Holiday Mathis – Creators Syndicate