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Discerning God's Calling
http://theresurgence.com/2010/06/02/discerning-gods-call
HEART
People who are genuinely called often go through seasons of doubt and uncertainty. But over time, the sense of calling grows stronger, not weaker.
HEAD
A genuine call to ministry goes beyond desire and emotions into thoughtfulness and planning.
SKILL
How should the church test whether or not a man is called into pastoral ministry from a skill perspective? There are at least two tests a church should consider. The first test involves a man’s understanding of Scripture. The second test involves inspecting the fruit of his ministry.
The heart confirmation rises up through your passions and cries out “I want to give my life to the church!”
The head confirmation follows up on these passions and asks, “How specifically can I serve this church?”
HEART
People who are genuinely called often go through seasons of doubt and uncertainty. But over time, the sense of calling grows stronger, not weaker.
HEAD
A genuine call to ministry goes beyond desire and emotions into thoughtfulness and planning.
SKILL
How should the church test whether or not a man is called into pastoral ministry from a skill perspective? There are at least two tests a church should consider. The first test involves a man’s understanding of Scripture. The second test involves inspecting the fruit of his ministry.
The heart confirmation rises up through your passions and cries out “I want to give my life to the church!”
The head confirmation follows up on these passions and asks, “How specifically can I serve this church?”
Checklist for Self-Leading
From here
Here are a few areas to consider that are consistent with 1 Timothy 3 and Titus 1 as you reflect on leading yourself.
1. My gifts.
How am I doing at leading myself to know my gifts, stay within my limits, and develop those gifts to their highest, God-pleasing potential?
2. My character.
How am I doing at leading myself to be a person of integrity who follows through on promises made and is a person that others can trust?
3. My purity.
How am I doing at being careful of what my eyes see, my ears hear, and my mind thinks about? How are my relationships with members of the opposite sex? Do I have guidelines, safeguards, and appropriate and honest accountability?
4. My pride.
How am I doing at keeping Christ at the center? Am I the hero of my own stories? Do the words I speak communicate an attitude of arrogance and superiority, or am I characterized by humility and teachability?
5. My pace.
How am I doing at leading myself in the use of my time? Is my schedule writing checks my body can’t cash? Am I going at an unbalanced pace that is digging myself, and those whom I lead, an early grave? Do I have a biblical view of work and leisure, or am I a workaholic who gets a sense of self-worth based on my work?
6. My finances.
How am I doing at leading myself in the money arena? Do I have healthy protection and checks and balances built-in regarding organizational funds that don’t belong to me? Are there healthy audits over all financial dealing with which I am associated? Do I resist the lusting and grabbing lifestyle of my culture, choosing instead to be content and satisfied with God’s provision? Or is my happiness at the door of the next purchase?
7. My anger.
How am I doing at leading myself emotionally? Do I have a reputation for being a hothead and having a short fuse? Do I keep score regarding perceived slights, insults, and put-downs? Do resentment, bitterness, and lack of forgiveness characterize me? One survey I came across revealed that bitterness is the major cause of burnout for men between 38 and 50 years of age.
Here are a few areas to consider that are consistent with 1 Timothy 3 and Titus 1 as you reflect on leading yourself.
1. My gifts.
How am I doing at leading myself to know my gifts, stay within my limits, and develop those gifts to their highest, God-pleasing potential?
2. My character.
How am I doing at leading myself to be a person of integrity who follows through on promises made and is a person that others can trust?
3. My purity.
How am I doing at being careful of what my eyes see, my ears hear, and my mind thinks about? How are my relationships with members of the opposite sex? Do I have guidelines, safeguards, and appropriate and honest accountability?
4. My pride.
How am I doing at keeping Christ at the center? Am I the hero of my own stories? Do the words I speak communicate an attitude of arrogance and superiority, or am I characterized by humility and teachability?
5. My pace.
How am I doing at leading myself in the use of my time? Is my schedule writing checks my body can’t cash? Am I going at an unbalanced pace that is digging myself, and those whom I lead, an early grave? Do I have a biblical view of work and leisure, or am I a workaholic who gets a sense of self-worth based on my work?
6. My finances.
How am I doing at leading myself in the money arena? Do I have healthy protection and checks and balances built-in regarding organizational funds that don’t belong to me? Are there healthy audits over all financial dealing with which I am associated? Do I resist the lusting and grabbing lifestyle of my culture, choosing instead to be content and satisfied with God’s provision? Or is my happiness at the door of the next purchase?
7. My anger.
How am I doing at leading myself emotionally? Do I have a reputation for being a hothead and having a short fuse? Do I keep score regarding perceived slights, insults, and put-downs? Do resentment, bitterness, and lack of forgiveness characterize me? One survey I came across revealed that bitterness is the major cause of burnout for men between 38 and 50 years of age.
Is Your Passion Leaking?
It is easy to spend time, but the wise invest time for maximum impact. The area where we win or lose this battle is how we spend time with people. Those we decide to invest in are either passion builders or passion stealers.
From:
http://theresurgence.com/2010/01/06/does-your-passion-have-a-slow-leak
http://theresurgence.com/2010/01/10/passion-builders-stealers
Pretty good, concise read.
From:
http://theresurgence.com/2010/01/06/does-your-passion-have-a-slow-leak
http://theresurgence.com/2010/01/10/passion-builders-stealers
Pretty good, concise read.
Shades
Perhaps you need to dim the screen on a desktop machine, and the display you are using offers no such facility?
If this is the case for you, then try Shades.
Note: Shades may interfere with colour calibration software, and should not be used if colour accuracy is critical. "
quoted from the homepage
Learning Style
Visual/Nonverbal 38 Visual/Verbal 32 Auditory 28 Kinesthetic 24
Your primary learning style is:
Learning Strategies for the Visual/ Nonverbal Learner:
Make flashcards of key information that needs to be memorized. Draw symbols and pictures on the cards to facilitate recall. Use highlighter pens to highlight key words and pictures on the flashcards. Limit the amount of information per card, so your mind can take a mental "picture' of the information.
Mark up the margins of your textbook with key words, symbols, and diagrams that help you remember the text. Use highlighter pens of contrasting colors to "color code" the information.
When learning mathematical or technical information, make charts to organize the information. When a mathematical problem involves a sequence of steps, draw a series of boxes, each containing the appropriate bit of information in sequence.
Use large square graph paper to assist in creating charts and diagrams that illustrate key concepts.
Use the computer to assist in organizing material that needs to be memorized. Using word processing, create tables and charts with graphics that help you to understand and retain course material. Use spreadsheet and database software to further organize material that needs to be learned.
As much as possible, translate words and ideas into symbols, pictures, and diagrams.
From DVC Learning Style Survey Online
Your primary learning style is:
The Visual/ Nonverbal Learning Style
You learn best when information is presented visually and in a picture or design format. In a classroom setting, you benefit from instructors who use visual aids such as film, video, maps and charts. You benefit from information obtained from the pictures and diagrams in textbooks. You tend to like to work in a quiet room and may not like to work in study groups. When trying to remember something, you can often visualize a picture of it in your mind. You may have an artistic side that enjoys activities having to do with visual art and design.Learning Strategies for the Visual/ Nonverbal Learner:
Make flashcards of key information that needs to be memorized. Draw symbols and pictures on the cards to facilitate recall. Use highlighter pens to highlight key words and pictures on the flashcards. Limit the amount of information per card, so your mind can take a mental "picture' of the information.
Mark up the margins of your textbook with key words, symbols, and diagrams that help you remember the text. Use highlighter pens of contrasting colors to "color code" the information.
When learning mathematical or technical information, make charts to organize the information. When a mathematical problem involves a sequence of steps, draw a series of boxes, each containing the appropriate bit of information in sequence.
Use large square graph paper to assist in creating charts and diagrams that illustrate key concepts.
Use the computer to assist in organizing material that needs to be memorized. Using word processing, create tables and charts with graphics that help you to understand and retain course material. Use spreadsheet and database software to further organize material that needs to be learned.
As much as possible, translate words and ideas into symbols, pictures, and diagrams.
From DVC Learning Style Survey Online
Online Scrum Board
Good list of available ones online:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/858607/what-electronic-scrum-kanban-board-do-you-use-and-recommend-for-distributed-teams
Personal fave is still Scrumy, should I get a pro?
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/858607/what-electronic-scrum-kanban-board-do-you-use-and-recommend-for-distributed-teams
Personal fave is still Scrumy, should I get a pro?
Phone
Randomly thought of this due to the occasional problem I have with my phone recently. This is the conclusion I've come up with after doing quite a calculation, in Javascript, lol:
phoneCondition="good";
want(newPhone)=false;
if ( phoneCondition="very bad" )
{
want(newPhone)==true;
}
if ( want(newPhone)==true && price>100 )
{
getPlan = true;
get(newPhone);
planType = "M1 Sunsaver Plan";
phoneCondition="new";
} elseif ( want(newPhone)==true && price<100 )
{
getPlan = false;
get(newPhone);
phoneCondition="new";
}
Productivity Tips
Pre-Projects:
- 5 things to consider before taking job offer
- Should You Work on a Project You Don’t Believe In?
- Slow Down! 5 Important Questions to Ask Before Taking on Rush Projects
- Look Before You Leap and Other Crucial Steps in Project Planning
- 7 Simple Steps to Meeting Deadlines
- What To Do When You’re Getting Beat Up By Deadlines
- How To Estimate Time For A Project
- Four Steps to Developing a Business Budget
- 30 Ways to Celebrate Your Success
- How to Beat Procrastination Once and For All
- Structured Procrastination: Can It Make You More Productive?
- 4 Ways To Be More Productive
- 5 Powerful Ways to Improve Your Focus
- Zoom Zoom Zoom: The Better Way to MultitaskDoes Multitasking Kill Your Focus and Productivity?
- To-Do Lists: 10 Tips for Increasing Productivity
- Why You Need an Effective Filing System and Tips for Creating One
- Monday Morning Quarterback: Don’t Let What You Didn’t Do Kill Your Week
- 6 Essential Things To Do On Friday To Make Monday Morning Manageable
- 16 Project Management Tools That Make Juggling Easy
- 5 Steps to Effective Delegation
- The ABCs Of Managing A Team, Part I
- The ABCs Of Managing A Team, Part II
- How to Inspire Your Team
- How To Streamline E-mail Communication
- Do You Make These E-mail Etiquette Mistakes?
- Sacked for Poor Email Etiquette
- Get It Read: 7 Tips for Writing Better Email Subject Lines
- 7 Tips for Writing an Effective Instruction Manual
- 14 Quick and Effective Communication Tips for the Time-Challenged
- Tips for Managing Communication Overload
- 7 Easy Steps to Get You Started with Goal Setting
- 10 Simple Tips to Help You Achieve Even Your Most Ambitious Goals
- What’s Your BHAG? How to Create a Big Hairy Audacious Goal
- A Really SMART Way to Set Goals
- Stop Thinking Small! How to Open Your Mind to Thinking Big
- SMART Goals + Motivation = Success
- What’s Your Motivation?
- Goal-setting for Commitment-phobes
CV
Planning to apply for Ubisoft Internship, and here are some AWESOME links I've found regarding forming a good CV for designers in particular:
PDP
Webdesigner Depot
LifeClever
SmashingMag
And some Cover Letter samples:
AllGraphicDesign
HowDesign
BestCoverLetter 01 02 03
VirginiaTech
PDP
Webdesigner Depot
LifeClever
SmashingMag
And some Cover Letter samples:
AllGraphicDesign
HowDesign
BestCoverLetter 01 02 03
VirginiaTech
