All posts by James Tinker
Not on Friday!
I think the good-idea fairy makes the rounds in people’s homes on Thursday nights. You’ve had all week with an idea brewing about some project, you’ve moved some thoughts around for a while, and in the shower Friday morning… BAM! You’ve got it. You have an idea, and it’s a good one. You can’t wait […]
Don’t Forget the Logistics
In a recent panel discussion at a convention, those at the table were quite distraught over the conflict between the artists and the business minds who planned their event. I listened to their challenges about venue, setup, lack of volunteers, and a dozen other pieces of the puzzle. The artists were complaining about the business […]
Be Proud
Don’t Even Start
So, there I was: I had an idea. I had a plan. I worked long and hard to put it all together, networking, socializing, writing. I was ready. My presentation to the Board of Directors was going well. People nodded their heads in the right spots and asked intelligent questions. I was smart, and charming, […]
Take a Walk
Bridges or Towers
Sooner or Later, You’ll Sing
For us in the military, there’s an expectation that we can call, or sing, cadence. This was a problem for me. Okay, it wasn’t actually a problem. My stubbornness to not sing was the problem. We would run in formation, and other people would sing cadence. They’d been assigned as Corpsmen with the Marines and […]
What Are You Good At?
What do you not want to do?
Sooner or later, I ask everyone the same question: What do you want to do next? It seems easy enough to answer, but it really isn’t. I understand the question of what’s next, what you want to do, sometimes involves an entirely-too-honest look in the mirror at the decisions you’ve made and the realities of […]