Category — Lists

I ask a lot of questions.

Both because I want to know everything and because I want to have the answer to everything.  These things are related.

I want to know everything because it’s interesting to me.  I want to have the answer to everything because I love to be right.  About just about anything.

I have no problem telling you that I don’t know what that $.5o word you just used means.  Or that $.05 word.  And I will tell you to shut up and stop making fun of me for not knowing and tell me the damn definition already.  I have no stuff about it.  I don’t feel less smart for not knowing. 

I do feel smarter and better for not giving a shit about if you think I’m a moron and just asking.

Two of my favorite people in the world like to make up the answers to things.  They are both very believable.  This is a problem for me.  Especially because I am gullible.  I will believe you if you tell me something ridiculous, unless I know it is untrue, or it goes against something else I know to be a truth.

I will ask them if they are full of shit.  Usually, they tell me the truth.

Asking is one of Dumb Little Man’s list of 9 Things You Can Do To Increase Your Income - Today. Read the whole post here.

1. Wake up early.
2. Practice and improve your speaking skills.
3. Sharpen your analytical knife.
4. Ask.
5. Focus.
6. Spend less.
7. Increase your documentation habit.
8. Review meaningful stuff in a meaningful way.
9. Take your best shot first.

Earlier in the week, Dumb Little Man triggered my rant about people who think bringing a pet on an airplane is a good idea.

Today, however, he wins the prize. I am a time-management theory whore. I love ways to make things more efficient. I LOVE efficient people. I HATE people who can’t get places on time, are late for meetings, or waste my time with three paragraphs about where they parked their car.

It’s in the lot, to the left, about halfway back. End of story. Or at least it should be.

In my former life, as a condom slinger, I spent a LOT of time with folks who in no way, shape, or form qualify for the most efficient person award.

Today, Dumb Little Man posted 11 Solid Ways to Improve Your Time Management Skills.

You should read it. You know who you are.

1. honesty
2. open minded
3. intelligence
4. selfless
5. supportive
6. positive
7. responsive
8. integrity
9. kind
10. communication
11. organized
12. compassionate
13. caring
14. dignity
15. persistence
16. creativity
17. self-aware
18. faithful
19. loyalty
20. honor
21. trust
22. dedication
23. empathy
24. balanced
25. independent
26. confident
27. charisma
28. wisdom
29. vision

Qualities important to folks in a spouse, friend, boss, US President, leader.

The idea of having a “master list” of things to do before I die makes my skin itch.  I love lists.  LOVE THEM.  But this makes me a little bit nervous.  Like, what happens once I make the list? Is that the end of it?  Can I edit it? Can I add to it? Delete items?

I love the To-Do List Blog.

Today’s posting is a list someone made: “To Do In What’s Left of This Lifetime.”