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I’ve Been Thinking…

I’ve been thinking about the picture in last week’s post:

bird balancing on balanced rocks
billbalance – busy. Used with permission. All rights reserved.

 
At the time it seemed to capture the feeling of the previous week–a precarious balance. But after thinking about it more, that was only a part of what was going on. I don’t like to live my life that way. This picture is a closer match:

balanced rocks
schmeis. Used with permission. Owner reserves all rights.
 

It’s not nearly as spectacular, but I like having a solid foundation. Even when I felt pressed by a deadline I was focusing at least as much on developing needed skills as I was on preparing a specific talk. I still took time out to experiment with, and practice, new techniques so they would be there for me when I needed them again.

My main problem with the talk was I had too much information and had trouble figuring out what to include, what to leave out, and how to organize the mess. Power Point was a blessing. Even though I had never used it before, when I went poking around on the web for some ideas, I came across these tips on how to create a good slide show. The tips not only made it easier for me to get started with an outline, they also gave me a template to use.

Power Point Tips:

 
My Talk:

Once I had the template and outline all I had to do was to liven the talk with some cartoons and pictures from Flickr.

The talk went well, which was fine, but even more importantly, if I ever have to do something like that again it will be a lot easier. Yes, I do believe in skill development. I feel a lot happier knowing I have a solid foundation to build on.

What About You?
How important is skill development to you?

Thanks to suzen, tikno, Diane, Evelyn, bikehikebabe, rummuser, and Liara for commenting on last week’s post.