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	<title>Thoughts On &#187; Life</title>
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		<title>Be Your Own Boss</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Next time you&#8217;re feeling stuck, without being prompted, pretend you have a boss that wants an update on how you&#8217;re doing.  Put together a powerpoint outlining your current state of affairs, goals, concerns, recent things you learned, etc&#8230; Try to get your thoughts as organized as possible.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Next time you&#8217;re feeling stuck, without being prompted, pretend you have a boss that wants an update on how you&#8217;re doing.  Put together a powerpoint outlining your current state of affairs, goals, concerns, recent things you learned, etc&#8230; Try to get your thoughts as organized as possible.</p>
<p>Then read the deck as if it was someone else&#8217;s and critique it as if you were evaluating an employee or doing diligence on a deal.  What makes sense?  Where are the holes?  What are the first questions you would ask?  Why don&#8217;t you have the answers?  Then redo the deck until it makes sense from both points of view.  Usually several obvious things pop out that you&#8217;ve been ignoring or missing.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s common for smart people to get hung up on stupid things -and I think this exercise forces you to be accountable to yourself and really apply your problem solving skills to the problems you&#8217;re facing.</p>
<p>Essentially, the idea is to be your own boss/mentor/critic, so that nobody else has to.</p>
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