The past few weeks have been destructive. No sleep. No fun. Just work. It seemed everything came together. Work got hardcore, my student had his test Saturday morning, had to cover a midterm and final for my real estate class, along with half the book in about four days. Plus two half days spent in San Francisco getting TB clearance and trying to get rescheduled. The earliest I got home this week was 10:30, minus the day I stayed in to finish the real estate course. The weekend didn’t let off. Another project due. Spent both days and this night coding. Just submitted my latest versions. It’s been a real test, getting through it, but I think these past weeks have really made me stronger,, although I’d need a nice day or two of sleep to show it.
During this whole time I’ve been listening to a semi-fitting book: Leadership Lessons of the Navy SEALs : Battle-Tested Strategies for Creating Successful Organizations and Inspiring Extraordinary Results.
It’s a good wake-up book and it has lots of strong smart realistic advice on everything from how to arrange a team to moving on and doing something you can and want to do. The CD is a bit like the whole Rich Dad series in that it was kind of a pitch to join the SEALs, and after listening to it I can say I’m a lot more open and enthusiastic about such an idea than I could imagine before hearing it. It was really inspiring hearing the organizational structure, what to be and look for, how to live with a purpose and do things to the best of ability. It had many lessons. One that stood out a whole lot, along with dozens of others, is that in the platoon, in business, and in life, being an honest and dependable person is one of the most important things you can do. Another really imprtant aspect was on setting objectives and goals. How do you judge a mission to be successful. This book had a really good insight into that when it told about a rescue mission that went flawlessly minus the fact that the hostages were moved. The best thing about this book is it’s no nonsense approach, after listening to it all excuses and all fuzzy-big-picture-but-no-results actions are clear for the wastes of time they are.
I feel I’ve kind of stopped growing for the moment or maybe I grew up a whole lot. I put all my focus on just getting things done. There was no time to “look within” or anywhere else, only time to get things done. In the few moments with enough time to think clearly I kind of thought about what I’d want to do. I can’t wait to get back to Thailand and kick it with Rains. Can’t wait to just hear her voice. Can’t wait to hit up SF and visit the grandparents and can’t wait to kick it with my bro. Can’t wait to get back to dancing and dancers. It’s crazy how easy it is to take things for granted, but when there’s absolutely no time, in the few moments you chill out, you really realize some of the things you really miss. This weekend though, I made it through and got things done. Now sleep. Sweet sleep.
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