Tuesday July 3rd, 2012, 194, NS, JotD, AAD 33
Rise at 5:45. Sitting, working with the theme of Goodwill (in addition to Intention and Presence). My sense of this is one of building, that Goodwill requires both to be true and honest. A delay getting out of the house (not due to inattentiveness for a change), and in to work.
Lashed to the desk longer than I intended this morning, addressing some overnight issues. Frustrating for me, even more frustrating for my development team.
Lower-body focus in the gym today:
- 1/4 mile run (10-minute pace)
- 3 rounds 10 dead-lifts w/35# & 45# KB
- 3 rounds single-leg stability 15 sec each leg
- 3 rounds calf raises 20 each legs
- 3 rounds 10 front squats w/20# & 25# KB
More focus on quality of form than maximum weight.
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Discussion this morning about a disconnect in the business process and how it affects us, as a downstream process. I can see the end-gaining going on: there is a lot of "doing" while acknowledging the problems. The business flow doesn't allow (or the perception is that it doesn't allow) a slow-down in order to make things more efficient. Fundamentally, things need to stop for a week, and allow people to regroup and call out the things that are making the job near impossible without a high level of constant heroics. A Kaizen event would be ideal, but I'm not sure I could convince peope to a) do the event, and b) follow up on the recommendations.
The very definition of involuntary suffering.
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Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Friday, June 22, 2012
Friday
Friday June 22nd, 2012, 191, NS, JotD, AAD 22
Rise at 5:55, 10 minutes after the alarm. Curious how a small shift in time can have a larger impact later, unless one is very careful. Today I am able to manage this, keeping the theme of Intention in mind, and arrive at work at 7:00, even with the quick trip around the yard to check a couple of the plantings. Potatoes are taking off!
The schedule doesn't look too dramatic today, so I may be able to get all of my status and updates done by the time I leave. The plan is to have our Friday workout a bit earlier today, so we can begin the weekend a bit sooner. Looking forward to a break in the heat tomorrow.
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A reasonable day today, status reports & updates out to the various teams. A big milestone today with one of the more challenging projects, which will allow us to have a completion for a change. It is sad that this is the case - I'm constantly amazed at the resilience of the teams, despite the fact that there is no closure to these projects, no real way to acknowledge success (or failure) and move on.
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Friday workout was a good one:
Tabata sequence: 8 rounds of 20 sec work, 10 sec rest, do the most reps you can each round, score on the lowest number of reps in the 8 rounds
Dumbell rows (2 hands, 25#)
2 minute rest
Pushups 8 rounds of 20 sec work, 10 sec rest
2 minute rest
Dumbell squats (2 hands, 25#) 8 rounds of 20 sec work, 10 sec rest
16 minutes total - 10 rows, 6 pushups, 6 squats
Home to a nice weather weekend.
Rise at 5:55, 10 minutes after the alarm. Curious how a small shift in time can have a larger impact later, unless one is very careful. Today I am able to manage this, keeping the theme of Intention in mind, and arrive at work at 7:00, even with the quick trip around the yard to check a couple of the plantings. Potatoes are taking off!
The schedule doesn't look too dramatic today, so I may be able to get all of my status and updates done by the time I leave. The plan is to have our Friday workout a bit earlier today, so we can begin the weekend a bit sooner. Looking forward to a break in the heat tomorrow.
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A reasonable day today, status reports & updates out to the various teams. A big milestone today with one of the more challenging projects, which will allow us to have a completion for a change. It is sad that this is the case - I'm constantly amazed at the resilience of the teams, despite the fact that there is no closure to these projects, no real way to acknowledge success (or failure) and move on.
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Friday workout was a good one:
Tabata sequence: 8 rounds of 20 sec work, 10 sec rest, do the most reps you can each round, score on the lowest number of reps in the 8 rounds
Dumbell rows (2 hands, 25#)
2 minute rest
Pushups 8 rounds of 20 sec work, 10 sec rest
2 minute rest
Dumbell squats (2 hands, 25#) 8 rounds of 20 sec work, 10 sec rest
16 minutes total - 10 rows, 6 pushups, 6 squats
Home to a nice weather weekend.
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Mura, Muri, Muda Revisited
Wednesday June 19th, 2012, ???, NS, JotD, AAD 19
Rise, with Intention, at 5:45. Sitting, shower, and out to work. Second day that on the way out I lost the thread of the day before I even got to the Jeep. In to work, and on to planning the next phase of the project. We're at the requirements phase, and I need to draw out many of the details from the business owner. This is our normal way of operating: a one sentence statement becomes the basis for a development project, with the expectation that this one sentence is enough for us to work with. Unless this sentence is Joycian 30 page sentence, it is never enough. Such is the joy of project management and business analysis.
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Reviewing the 6-Sigma Voice of the Customer tools with our ITLP yesterday, and the slide on Mura, Muri, Muda came up again. A bit of a flash, and a thought occurred to me: if this is the definition of the three things we're seeking to address in a process:
Mura - Inconsistency
Muri – Overburdening
Muda – Non-value adding
I can see Guitar Craft/Circle analogues/aphorisms:
Muri – (Honor) Sufficiency
Muda – (Honor) Necessity
What then is Mura? Discipline? A consistent practice? Something that bears some thought, and finding the question that goes with it.
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Head home for the Wednesday night dinner, 9 in the house for the evening, including the Kalifornia Krew, my nephew and a visitor from Ireland. On the menu: tequila-lime pork carnitas, roasted potatoes, corn with lime & manchego. Watermelon and grapenut ice cream for dessert.
Pre-meal workout with Micah. No run today, but we did a cross-fit workout from one of the Friday sessions:
200 yard sprint
then 3x, all KB are 35#:
5 KB presses (each side)
10 KB rows (each side)
15 burpees
20 KB overhead swings
200 yard sprint
Both sucking wind by the end. Micah can blow by me in the runs, but I've got better KB mechanics, so I was done a bit ahead of him (on the 3.5 mile runs, he's well ahead of me). A good workout, made a bit tougher by the heat.
Dinner, good conversation, practice, and then to bed.
Rise, with Intention, at 5:45. Sitting, shower, and out to work. Second day that on the way out I lost the thread of the day before I even got to the Jeep. In to work, and on to planning the next phase of the project. We're at the requirements phase, and I need to draw out many of the details from the business owner. This is our normal way of operating: a one sentence statement becomes the basis for a development project, with the expectation that this one sentence is enough for us to work with. Unless this sentence is Joycian 30 page sentence, it is never enough. Such is the joy of project management and business analysis.
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Reviewing the 6-Sigma Voice of the Customer tools with our ITLP yesterday, and the slide on Mura, Muri, Muda came up again. A bit of a flash, and a thought occurred to me: if this is the definition of the three things we're seeking to address in a process:
Mura - Inconsistency
Muri – Overburdening
Muda – Non-value adding
I can see Guitar Craft/Circle analogues/aphorisms:
Muri – (Honor) Sufficiency
Muda – (Honor) Necessity
What then is Mura? Discipline? A consistent practice? Something that bears some thought, and finding the question that goes with it.
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Head home for the Wednesday night dinner, 9 in the house for the evening, including the Kalifornia Krew, my nephew and a visitor from Ireland. On the menu: tequila-lime pork carnitas, roasted potatoes, corn with lime & manchego. Watermelon and grapenut ice cream for dessert.
Pre-meal workout with Micah. No run today, but we did a cross-fit workout from one of the Friday sessions:
200 yard sprint
then 3x, all KB are 35#:
5 KB presses (each side)
10 KB rows (each side)
15 burpees
20 KB overhead swings
200 yard sprint
Both sucking wind by the end. Micah can blow by me in the runs, but I've got better KB mechanics, so I was done a bit ahead of him (on the 3.5 mile runs, he's well ahead of me). A good workout, made a bit tougher by the heat.
Dinner, good conversation, practice, and then to bed.
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Lie Down
Tuesday June 19th, 2012, 189, S!, JotD, AAD 19
Rise at 5:45 after little sleep - the dog was in full whiney-itchy mode, and never really settled. Rise this morning with the first of the AAD themes in mind: Intention. As the feet hit the floor, I can visualize the initial part of my day: the sitting, the drive to work, my initial review of work e-mail, my daily workout.
Set out for work and realize that in my haste to get out of the house, I've already lost connection with the day. Reconnect as I get in the Jeep, and begin again.
Morning workout:
Barbell deadlift - 3 sets of 6 @ 135#
Dumbell front squats - 3 sets of 6 @ 70# (60# on the last set)
One leg calf raises - 1 set of 15 @ 190#
Leg curls - 1 set of 15 @ 130#
Cross-body sit-ups - 3 sets of 10 on each side
Lighter weight on the deadlift and squats this week, to protect my back and work on form. Still having a bit of a twinge, this week in my right leg and hip rather than the left. More comfortable sitting this week, less so in walking - running still seems to be fine. I have a feeling this is more a back/neuro issue than a muscle issue.
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It seems an odd and amusing thing to me that eight of the top ten books on Amazon today are either 50 Shades of Grey, Game of Thrones or the Hunger Games.
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Had to do an AT lie-down at work for the first time in years - definitely made a difference in my back. I think I'll be scheduling this more often during the remainder of the week. I had my left ankle settle in a way that I hadn't experienced since about 2002. The thing I noticed was that at the same time, my left hip settled as well - not as dramatically (you can almost hear the ankle shift as it moves to the floor), but it was certainly there. More importantly, I was as well.
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Leave work and do some shoppipng for tomorrow's dinner, then home, begin some prep work (chopping, starting the pork), practice, then to bed.
Rise at 5:45 after little sleep - the dog was in full whiney-itchy mode, and never really settled. Rise this morning with the first of the AAD themes in mind: Intention. As the feet hit the floor, I can visualize the initial part of my day: the sitting, the drive to work, my initial review of work e-mail, my daily workout.
Set out for work and realize that in my haste to get out of the house, I've already lost connection with the day. Reconnect as I get in the Jeep, and begin again.
Morning workout:
Barbell deadlift - 3 sets of 6 @ 135#
Dumbell front squats - 3 sets of 6 @ 70# (60# on the last set)
One leg calf raises - 1 set of 15 @ 190#
Leg curls - 1 set of 15 @ 130#
Cross-body sit-ups - 3 sets of 10 on each side
Lighter weight on the deadlift and squats this week, to protect my back and work on form. Still having a bit of a twinge, this week in my right leg and hip rather than the left. More comfortable sitting this week, less so in walking - running still seems to be fine. I have a feeling this is more a back/neuro issue than a muscle issue.
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It seems an odd and amusing thing to me that eight of the top ten books on Amazon today are either 50 Shades of Grey, Game of Thrones or the Hunger Games.
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Had to do an AT lie-down at work for the first time in years - definitely made a difference in my back. I think I'll be scheduling this more often during the remainder of the week. I had my left ankle settle in a way that I hadn't experienced since about 2002. The thing I noticed was that at the same time, my left hip settled as well - not as dramatically (you can almost hear the ankle shift as it moves to the floor), but it was certainly there. More importantly, I was as well.
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Leave work and do some shoppipng for tomorrow's dinner, then home, begin some prep work (chopping, starting the pork), practice, then to bed.
Monday, June 18, 2012
The Scale of Necessity
Monday June 18th, 2012, 189, NS, JotD, AAD 18
Rise at 5:30, sitting, and out to work. A quick check-in on e-mail and the release, then to the gym:
5 explosive pushups
7 pullups
9 thrusters (each side, 35#)
21 two-handed overhead swings (35#)
3 rounds of the above, followed by 1/2 mile run
Back up to the desk and scheduling an early meeting to check on the status of the release. Still a few lingering data & code issues to address, a few more items popping up as the customer tests deeper.
One drawback to the way we work, is that the customer doesn't always test as deeply as they need to. Today is a case in point: as they test, they see items that appear to be incorrect. The only problem is/are: they were this way in QA when we got the release approval, they were this way in production, and they were not part of the original release. So, how to ensure we're beginning from a quality base, before moving on to the next development items? And, important as a project manager: how to appropriately identify items that are release related, and those that are lingering issues from prior work.
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A very productive day yesterday. Out to the flea market, picked up two small chainsaws for $20 apiece, and a Craftsman toolbox with a pile of sockets, wrenches and assorted other bits & pieces for a little more than the price of the toolbox. I couldn't get the saws to start, but I need to switch out spark plugs and check a few things before I take them to the local saw shop. Either way, good deals abounded.
Didn't go to the market, but we plowed through a good deal of the vegetable and ornamental plantings. Stuck mostly to pots - we'll tackle landscape this week. Good time in the sun, and things are coming together. When we're both in the mode, we can get an amazing amount of work done. I wonder what prevents us from doing this other times? I know if Lisa's got the energy but I don't, there is a twinge of guilt - even if the lack of energy is real.
This brings me back to something I noticed in the lead-up to the camp Caravan course. No matter how tired I was, I had a sense of what needed to be done, and that I would do it. I had made that decision, and whether it was me alone or with others, necessity would be served. I don't often feel that same sense of necessity in my daily life, in some sense, a feeling of service to others. Why are the needs of the 60 people coming in for this course more deserving of my attention than those of me or my wife? What cognitive shift needs to happen to bring that more directly into my every day work? The JotD is one way, but even in my long-term practice of this, I feel something is missing.
So, what is the scale of necessity?
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On the way home, stop into Lowe's to replace the wheelbarrow that is now rusting through. Muscle this into the Jeep, and then home to complete the JotD and help with planting - this by moving heavy things. I pick things up and I put them down.
Dinner, practice, then to bed.
Rise at 5:30, sitting, and out to work. A quick check-in on e-mail and the release, then to the gym:
5 explosive pushups
7 pullups
9 thrusters (each side, 35#)
21 two-handed overhead swings (35#)
3 rounds of the above, followed by 1/2 mile run
Back up to the desk and scheduling an early meeting to check on the status of the release. Still a few lingering data & code issues to address, a few more items popping up as the customer tests deeper.
One drawback to the way we work, is that the customer doesn't always test as deeply as they need to. Today is a case in point: as they test, they see items that appear to be incorrect. The only problem is/are: they were this way in QA when we got the release approval, they were this way in production, and they were not part of the original release. So, how to ensure we're beginning from a quality base, before moving on to the next development items? And, important as a project manager: how to appropriately identify items that are release related, and those that are lingering issues from prior work.
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A very productive day yesterday. Out to the flea market, picked up two small chainsaws for $20 apiece, and a Craftsman toolbox with a pile of sockets, wrenches and assorted other bits & pieces for a little more than the price of the toolbox. I couldn't get the saws to start, but I need to switch out spark plugs and check a few things before I take them to the local saw shop. Either way, good deals abounded.
Didn't go to the market, but we plowed through a good deal of the vegetable and ornamental plantings. Stuck mostly to pots - we'll tackle landscape this week. Good time in the sun, and things are coming together. When we're both in the mode, we can get an amazing amount of work done. I wonder what prevents us from doing this other times? I know if Lisa's got the energy but I don't, there is a twinge of guilt - even if the lack of energy is real.
This brings me back to something I noticed in the lead-up to the camp Caravan course. No matter how tired I was, I had a sense of what needed to be done, and that I would do it. I had made that decision, and whether it was me alone or with others, necessity would be served. I don't often feel that same sense of necessity in my daily life, in some sense, a feeling of service to others. Why are the needs of the 60 people coming in for this course more deserving of my attention than those of me or my wife? What cognitive shift needs to happen to bring that more directly into my every day work? The JotD is one way, but even in my long-term practice of this, I feel something is missing.
So, what is the scale of necessity?
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On the way home, stop into Lowe's to replace the wheelbarrow that is now rusting through. Muscle this into the Jeep, and then home to complete the JotD and help with planting - this by moving heavy things. I pick things up and I put them down.
Dinner, practice, then to bed.
Thursday, June 14, 2012
TBD
June 14th, 2012, 188, NS, JotD, AAD 14
Rise a bit later (today is a day off from the gym), sitting, and then into work. A full morning of meetings and status updates. We're still on track for a release tomorrow - I'm reasonably confident that we'll get there for a change. A few things added to the requirement, mostly data, so we're able to absorb it. Normally in the project world, this would generate a significant amount of work - change control, approvals, etc. In our world, we're blessedly a bit more flexible.
Part of the reason I remain working in this organization (rather than seeking other employment) is that, despite the rapid change and demands of the job, we have a strong team that is technically adept and extremely flexible. I can't overstate the value (to me, at least) of a team like this; and it's the combination of the business and IT resources, not just one or the other. My experience is that you can survive if one half or the other is highly functioning, but to really succeed, you need both.
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Fly through the work day, ending with the weekly status meeting. Many things coming to completion at the same time, so Friday will be a scheduling challenge.
Home to a quick dinner of leftovers, True Blood, practice, then bed.
Rise a bit later (today is a day off from the gym), sitting, and then into work. A full morning of meetings and status updates. We're still on track for a release tomorrow - I'm reasonably confident that we'll get there for a change. A few things added to the requirement, mostly data, so we're able to absorb it. Normally in the project world, this would generate a significant amount of work - change control, approvals, etc. In our world, we're blessedly a bit more flexible.
Part of the reason I remain working in this organization (rather than seeking other employment) is that, despite the rapid change and demands of the job, we have a strong team that is technically adept and extremely flexible. I can't overstate the value (to me, at least) of a team like this; and it's the combination of the business and IT resources, not just one or the other. My experience is that you can survive if one half or the other is highly functioning, but to really succeed, you need both.
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Fly through the work day, ending with the weekly status meeting. Many things coming to completion at the same time, so Friday will be a scheduling challenge.
Home to a quick dinner of leftovers, True Blood, practice, then bed.
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Standing, lying, sitting
June 13th, 2012, 191, S!, JotD, AAD 13
Rise at 5:45, sitting and in to work. Solid (and quick) upper body workout this morning:
3 sets barbell presses, 8 @ 65#
3 sets pullups, 6 ea.
3 sets dips, 6 ea.
3 sets dumbell rows, 8 @ 55#
1/2 mile run
My back is still out of sorts, but it is more of an issue during/after sitting. Standing, lying prone, walking and (interstingly) running aren't so much of an issue. Experimenting with my sitting position, to see what affects things, but at this point if I sit for too long, I'm in a bit of pain for about 5 minutes until I walk it off.
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Observing people as I walk is internally instructive. I notice how someone holds their hand while they walk: clenched, or tight to their side, or at an awkward angle, and I immediately check into my own hand. Inevitably I am unconsciously and with no awareness doing something with that part of my body, holding in some completely unnecessary way. No judgement on the person I've observed, or on my unobserved self, just an opportunity to check in.
I also notice how people use the space. There are a set of glass double doors at the end of the hallway. One door is always open, the other mostly stays closed. Neither is locked, but inevitably when there is a traffic jam due to two-way traffic through the door, nobody opens the other door. On the surface, it seems like a simple resolution: I can't go through this door, so I'll open the other. What is it that prevents people from either seeing the solution or acting on it? This is one instance that I see every day at work - what am I missing in the rest of my day? What other doors are there that I can't see or can't make the intellectual leap to open?
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Home to prepare the Wednesday dinner, and then out for a run with Micah. Not bad, considering: 3.6 miles in 40:25 - roughly an 11:15 mile pace. More work to do for a "good" 5K time. A good dinner, practice and then to bed.
Rise at 5:45, sitting and in to work. Solid (and quick) upper body workout this morning:
3 sets barbell presses, 8 @ 65#
3 sets pullups, 6 ea.
3 sets dips, 6 ea.
3 sets dumbell rows, 8 @ 55#
1/2 mile run
My back is still out of sorts, but it is more of an issue during/after sitting. Standing, lying prone, walking and (interstingly) running aren't so much of an issue. Experimenting with my sitting position, to see what affects things, but at this point if I sit for too long, I'm in a bit of pain for about 5 minutes until I walk it off.
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Observing people as I walk is internally instructive. I notice how someone holds their hand while they walk: clenched, or tight to their side, or at an awkward angle, and I immediately check into my own hand. Inevitably I am unconsciously and with no awareness doing something with that part of my body, holding in some completely unnecessary way. No judgement on the person I've observed, or on my unobserved self, just an opportunity to check in.
I also notice how people use the space. There are a set of glass double doors at the end of the hallway. One door is always open, the other mostly stays closed. Neither is locked, but inevitably when there is a traffic jam due to two-way traffic through the door, nobody opens the other door. On the surface, it seems like a simple resolution: I can't go through this door, so I'll open the other. What is it that prevents people from either seeing the solution or acting on it? This is one instance that I see every day at work - what am I missing in the rest of my day? What other doors are there that I can't see or can't make the intellectual leap to open?
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Home to prepare the Wednesday dinner, and then out for a run with Micah. Not bad, considering: 3.6 miles in 40:25 - roughly an 11:15 mile pace. More work to do for a "good" 5K time. A good dinner, practice and then to bed.
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Mura, Muri, Muda
June 12th, 2012, 192, NS, JotD, AAD 12
Rise at 5:45, sitting and into work. Early e-mails and status updates, followed by the morning exercise routine:
Lower Body focus:
- Barbell deadlift, 3 sets @ 8 reps, 125#, 135#, 145# (finding a good weight to settle on for future workouts)
- Dumbell squats, 3 sets @ 8 reps, 70#, 80#, 80#
- Calf raises, 1 set @ 20 reps, 210# (machine)
- Leg curls, 1 set @ 15 reps, 130# (machine)
- Sit-ups, 2 sets @ 10 reps each side, knee raised, sit up to opposite knee
A bit much on the squats - on the last two reps, I got out of balance, let my back round, and my shoulders came in front of my knees, which triggered my back. A bit sore now, but directing in order to manage the soreness; the more out of alignment I am, the worse it is. Thus, AT saves the day, yet again.
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Reviewing a Lean/Six Sigma presentation that our TDLP is putting together. Brian is really on the ball (all of these leadership program "students" have been outstanding), and I'm looking to leverage his experience and training in one of my projects. There are three key areas of process waste that Lean looks to address:
Mura - Inconsistency
Muri – Overburdening
Muda – Non-value adding
All seek to address items that are not necessary to the process or the customer. This originally came out of the manufacturing sector, but there are many other places we can apply the principles. So, for daily life, first: where are these three areas of waste, and second: what must be done to address them?
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Home & completing the dishes, then out to Pho with the nephew & the Kalifornia Krew. Home to some prep for Wednesday dinner, practice, and then to bed.
Rise at 5:45, sitting and into work. Early e-mails and status updates, followed by the morning exercise routine:
Lower Body focus:
- Barbell deadlift, 3 sets @ 8 reps, 125#, 135#, 145# (finding a good weight to settle on for future workouts)
- Dumbell squats, 3 sets @ 8 reps, 70#, 80#, 80#
- Calf raises, 1 set @ 20 reps, 210# (machine)
- Leg curls, 1 set @ 15 reps, 130# (machine)
- Sit-ups, 2 sets @ 10 reps each side, knee raised, sit up to opposite knee
A bit much on the squats - on the last two reps, I got out of balance, let my back round, and my shoulders came in front of my knees, which triggered my back. A bit sore now, but directing in order to manage the soreness; the more out of alignment I am, the worse it is. Thus, AT saves the day, yet again.
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Reviewing a Lean/Six Sigma presentation that our TDLP is putting together. Brian is really on the ball (all of these leadership program "students" have been outstanding), and I'm looking to leverage his experience and training in one of my projects. There are three key areas of process waste that Lean looks to address:
Mura - Inconsistency
Muri – Overburdening
Muda – Non-value adding
All seek to address items that are not necessary to the process or the customer. This originally came out of the manufacturing sector, but there are many other places we can apply the principles. So, for daily life, first: where are these three areas of waste, and second: what must be done to address them?
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Home & completing the dishes, then out to Pho with the nephew & the Kalifornia Krew. Home to some prep for Wednesday dinner, practice, and then to bed.
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Fullness
Tuesday, June 5th, 2012 189, NS, JoTD, AAD
Normal rise & sitting, then off to work. Catch a few things, as well as a quick discussion with my manager about one of my projects. I find it interesting how the network of executives works: an executive at a vendor we're considering called one of our execs. I'm sure there's some discussion of where things stand, is there any other information we can get you, etc. 15 years ago, I would have had a very different (and outward) reaction to this. Now I have the capacity to respond - I may not feel any differently about the attempt to influence the business customer's process, but I can respond to it with a measure of presence.
Gym this morning:
3 super-sets of 10 barbell presses (75#) & 6 pullups
3 super-sets of 6 dips & 10 one-arm rows (60#)
1/2 mile run
Opted for the upper body today, since my legs are still sore from hiking pallets up the back hill.
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A full day today. It felt like it was on the edge of being out of control - just pushing my capacity. As usual, contact in the limbs is a necessity, and my feet are still flat on the floor. Now to head home, and do some shopping for tomorrow's dinner.
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Shopping completed, with the added bonus of a roasted chicken to break down for sandwiches. Some frivolous computing, then to the practice room, and finally to bed.
Normal rise & sitting, then off to work. Catch a few things, as well as a quick discussion with my manager about one of my projects. I find it interesting how the network of executives works: an executive at a vendor we're considering called one of our execs. I'm sure there's some discussion of where things stand, is there any other information we can get you, etc. 15 years ago, I would have had a very different (and outward) reaction to this. Now I have the capacity to respond - I may not feel any differently about the attempt to influence the business customer's process, but I can respond to it with a measure of presence.
Gym this morning:
3 super-sets of 10 barbell presses (75#) & 6 pullups
3 super-sets of 6 dips & 10 one-arm rows (60#)
1/2 mile run
Opted for the upper body today, since my legs are still sore from hiking pallets up the back hill.
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A full day today. It felt like it was on the edge of being out of control - just pushing my capacity. As usual, contact in the limbs is a necessity, and my feet are still flat on the floor. Now to head home, and do some shopping for tomorrow's dinner.
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Shopping completed, with the added bonus of a roasted chicken to break down for sandwiches. Some frivolous computing, then to the practice room, and finally to bed.
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