Adam Privett refines...

Below is a binder of book excerpts that I have collected over the years.  Apparently, there's an official name for it: A commonplace book.  Great minds like " Milton, Bacon, Locke--were all zealous believers in the memory enhancing powers of the commonplace book"--at least, that's what an excerpt from my commonplace book tells me.  Every day I read a page from three different sections, so I can reacquaint myself  with the new and old. Below are the books that I have most recently transcribed and added to my commonplace book (And who says that work hiatus is boring!).  I record and recite word definitions too! A technique that I have intuitively discovered for greater highlighting and book transcription efficiency is to highlight the first and last word in a squiggle-like manner.  Not only will ink be saved but you will have several reference points to which you could refer to, say, if for whatever reason, you got distracted during the transcription process....

                                                                     We Must Walk Before We Run I imagine that most of us believe that we can just “turn on, tune in, and drop out” when chillin’ in our own casa.  But anyone who has ever tripped over a dog bone lying unattended on the living room floor knows that conscientious walking is just as necessary as conscientious driving.  Sure, the consequences of DWI often outweigh of those WWI (Walking While Inconsiderate), but if you’ve ever witnessed a man walking into another man—one of which, usually the recipient, responds ungraciously—you will understand that walking requires attentive consideration too.     I would say that there are safe spaces to walk—but really, there aren’t.  Park pathways could be idy...

In this composition I wanted to emphasize policy reformation in hiring and worker leave. Further, I think that the implementation of the two week-notice commendation(TWNC) and complementary technological mechanism described herein would greatly reduce employee-employer and employee-customer conflict.   I nstead of dismissing disgruntled workers' concerns--whether it's about promotion, pay increase, opportunities, working conditions, etc.--delay unexpected turnover by explaining the reality of the situation, and suggest that the worker attain a metric or achievement noteworthy before throwing in the towel or unexpectedly rage-quitting.  Once the intent to leave has been expressed, offer to provide proof of their noteworthy metric to carry with them to their next career opportunity.  This will not only keep your disgruntled worker on-board until a replacement is found, but will also turbo-charge his/her performance until the end.  A go-out-with-a-bang mentality....

  I will not try to synthesize new information inserted into my previous posts any longer.  I will put all my new ideas at the bottom of the relevant blog with a corresponding marker (if necessary) to refer to the idea in context (an endnote).  That way you don't have to re-read my posts to get to the new stuff.  This new policy will take effect on 5/12/22. This policy will not apply to word substitution or grammatical considerations.  This will apply primarily to idea generation.   "Ship and Iterate!" ** I'm biased to think that 90% of what I say is gold, and the other 10% is shit (elements of the whole that require reexamination for varying reasons [redundancy, misarticulation, miscomprehension, etc.]; hence why I'll often revisit these work refinements).  But as How Google Works puts it: "Ship and iterate."  So cherry-pick astutely...and be on the lookout for updates! I try to approach my posts with the aim to both teach and to entertain ....

With this workplace analysis and composition I want to emphasize FLOW and SECURITY in a real open-world role playing game.   Yes, I did refer to a work scenario in video game context, but as Jack Welch says, "I want to play business."  You make life and work fun by treating it as a game (And conversely, you make video games fun by treating it with the gravitas of life and work).  But you might say, "c'mon man...this isn't a game,"; but as Robert Redford says, "Oh, yes it is.  It's exactly what it is."    I could elaborate on product and service as well, and I could probably find approaches to make my musings relevant to the uninitiated, but I will refrain from doing so; because, as it's currently constructed, everyone can benefit from my insights, and not just those who work in this specific field.  P.S.  For official review, I wouldn't include the bold print or the endnotes, but I would include them in a presentation, depend...

  Amazing is a temporary state of being exacted through effort.   It is recognized in a momentary state of perceptual awareness by someone who is envisaging exceptional know-how and can-do in someone or something else. The recognition often evokes "wow!" or "amazing!"   I'm just kidding.  And I do not consider myself amazing.  Remember that amazing is an exclusive and transient term.  Those who receive association with it regularly perform a unique skill or compete at a very high level--and succeed. And I don't have that ability in any sphere of being. But I have incorporated the term into my Mindset Awareness Suitcase* as motivational mantra, neatly folded and easily accessible for everyday use (thank you, Marie Kondo)   For the list of weaknesses, we can review them in person, and discuss their relevance at hand.  We can do the same with my strengths. *couched between "just win, baby!" and Corinthians 10:31   *$* - For the record, I do ...

During my travels, I noticed that some of the curb ramps that I'm directed to assess are nearly perfect.  And it has happened more than once that I noticed that not too far away in undesignated areas are curb ramps that have dilapidated detectable warning signs or no warning sign at all.  Now, I thought that this was perhaps a sign of socioeconomic favoritism--since these curb ramps are in less affluent areas--but I just read that wealthier people are less likely to stop for pedestrians at crosswalks and more likely to take more candy from the candy bowl in the doctor's office (the latter is not situationally relevant, but the former is, and the latter serves to supplement the former's implication.  But, in their defense, they would find a tumor faster with the piece of candy [and an MRI machine...and 7+ years of post grad]; and I'm going to assume that they know this and seek a safer way to skirt crosswalk protocol by reaping the transferable benefits of sucking on a l...

I have run into a lot of folks during my day job who complain about speeding vehicles--even school buses--down their quaint side-street residence.  Because I'm assessing the curb ramps, they assume that I'm responsible for additional measures of safety, such as speed bump installation; however, I am not.  But, given my knowledge of public relations and my varied experience in composing documents of all sorts--some even of the legal variety (by legal I mean formal looking contracts that only Judge Judy would entertain, no offense and all praise to her prominence)--I could get the ball rolling in a certain direction. Upon the third or so person, I started thinking of ways we could force the government's hand at addressing this seemingly ubiquitous city-wide issue.  During my conversation with this elderly gentleman (I will call him Mr. X, not to be confused with the professor).  I suggested to him that he acquire names and signatures around his neig...

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