For a number of years, perhaps five or ten, the hobby has slowly drifted to a state of hazy stagnation. There is no air of excitement or buzz. Fewer are charging to their basements on the weekends and nobody on the outside is clamoring to get in. They aren’t clamoring to get in because there […]
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A New Day
Deliberate Practice
A number of years ago Florida State professor Anders Ericsson published a study of individuals that excelled in their chosen fields of endeavor. An excellent summary of the article was done by Geoffrey Colvin in Fortune Magazine. Click HERE for the article. In summary, Ericsson’s conclusion was that acquiring a high skill level in an […]
Building A Successful Layout
To me the definition of a successful layout is very simple. In my view, it’s simply a layout that provides the maximum amount of enjoyment given the owner’s circumstances. What other’s think of it, its technical characteristics, the theme, the degree of detail etc. really is irrelevant. If an individual would truly enjoy placing […]
Money
Here we see our typical flat broke teenager doing what he should be at that age – learning to glue two pieces of plastic together. Money is an interesting subject. It’s interesting from the standpoint of how the amount we possess at different points in our life shapes our behavior and development. Too much of […]
Old Dogs, New Tricks
Recently I announced to my now teenage son that there would be a new after school routine with respect to getting homework done. He was less than pleased with the new plan stating, ” I liked the old system (i.e. procrastination). You know I don’t like change”. In a nutshell, he summed up human nature […]