These past two weeks I've been on leave, staying at home and being a dad to my 2-year-old son. He's got quite a standard schedule: the wife and I bring him out in the morning to let him "see the world", have breakfast, and/or visit the grandparents etc.; he comes back around noon, takes a... Continue Reading →
Feeling good about one’s work
I was just "thinking about things" when this thought came into my head: To feel good about one's work, there are two sides of validation: the internal and the external. External validation: somebody tells you, "you've done well. This is excellent!" Internal validation: you tell yourself, "you've done well; you'd set out to do something... Continue Reading →
Winning first place without ever being first
Or: what I learned from playing too much DiRT Rally (one of my favourite rally racing games.) So here's the context: I'm playing "career mode", in which I buy a car, hire a couple of engineers, and go out to race. In order to win the championship, I have to have the best time across... Continue Reading →