The graphic says it all

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How did this happen?  That is, Rage Against the Machine as a “seed” and Paul Simon ends up being selected?

Pandora hiccup

After working with a wide variety of leaders, I find it fascinating to see such wide variation in their decision making approach(es).  It seems a balanced approach is best.  That is, having and correctly interpreting relevant data and using your instinct to make the right call.  If the data is there don’t ignore it - same goes for your instinct.  Curious to hear others thoughts on this topic.

As I sit here in front of my computer looking at my MEGA work and personal to do list I realize that it is the thing I have been spending the most time with for many of the past years of my life.  Sad?  Perhaps… While my computer does free up more of my time.  That time of course is always filled with more.   Sometimes it is filled with a mountain bike ride, but more often it is filled with a big list of actions that I “need” to on the computer itself - e.g. choose paint for house, complete 360 reviews, prepare for upcoming biz dev meetings, book travel, prepare for work on Monday (i.e. deep thought on insights for client - this requires morning time - brain is sharpest then), check title for easements, fill out time and expense forms, ship eBay items, etc.  I still am not sure if this is “good” or “bad”, an generally gauge it all by my general mood over time.  I can say taking the time to consider the priority and dependencies of that long list is definitely “good”.  Prioritizing - what an important skill - I hope to continually improve on that…

This is part 2 for me as I did it back in my early NW days (1998).  This is a 202 mile bike ride from U of Washington to downtown Portland.  This year was good weather, albeit a bit hot.  This time I rode the course with Trent and Justin - both very strong riders.  We took a train up to Seattle on Fri night and got in late (bridge issue) - ended up getting to bed at 1am and alarm went of at 330am.  Ugh.  We pacelined most of the race save near the end when I suggested they move fwd. as they had more energy left than me.  The climbing was a bit surprising.  It was a bit more climbing (~5000 ft. in gain) than when I last did it in 1998 on the good ole Centurion - see:Cascade Bicycle Club Message Boards - but still fun nonetheless.  Race info: http://www.cascade.org/EandR/stp/STP_Details.cfm