Comments on: The Futility of Unrealized Potential

By: A Look Back at the Year that Was « Beyond the Rhetoric

A Look Back at the Year that Was « Beyond the Rhetoric — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:02:08 +0000

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By: What’s Up Wednesdays: Self-Reflection Edition « Beyond the Rhetoric

What’s Up Wednesdays: Self-Reflection Edition « Beyond the Rhetoric — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:19:51 +0000

[...] true self. Are you proud of who you are? Are you pleased with how you will be remembered? Are you realizing your full potential or are you just floundering along from day to [...]

By: EarningStep

EarningStep — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:46:01 +0000

100% agree with you . i was not a blogger 3 years ago , i even didn’t know how or what is blog. learn and training is one that made me CAN do almost everything

By: Ray Ebersole

Ray Ebersole — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 22:57:53 +0000

Great post Michael. This points to what one can do and what one prepares themselves to do. I have a lot of practical experience in the field, but only 3.5 years of college. I have no degree and trust me that stupid little piece of paper means more to the suits than the practical experience.

My goal for the next year is to get the last 1/2 a year for my degree and get some extra certifications.

By: dcr

dcr — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:28:13 +0000

It look a lot of kinetic energy to get the ball up the hill, though. Probably more energy (from the boy’s perspective) than it took it to go down the hill.

At the bottom of the hill, the ball has zero-point energy, which we don’t know how to tap into yet, but it takes kinetic energy (work) for the boy to get the ball up the hill. There, it becomes potential energy. A little bit less work (nudging the ball) will get the ball to roll down the hill, which is the payoff for working. Assuming, of course, you consider watching a ball roll down the hill to be fun.

There’s a point in there, somewhere, but since writing it, I’ve lost it.