Leaving Microsoft…
Well, tomorrow begins my last week at Microsoft, and considering my general disregard for ‘normal’ schedules, I feel it is fitting that my last week would begin on a Wednesday and end on a Tuesday. In the spirit of these last days I am sharing a relevant quote from The 33 Strategies of War
You are your own worst enemy. You waste precious time dreaming of the future instead of engaging in the present. Since nothing seems urgent to you, you are only half involved in what you do. The only way to change is through action and outside pressure. Put yourself in situations where you have too much at stake to waste time or resources - if you cannot afford to lose, you won’t. Cut your ties to the past; enter unknown territory where you must depend on your wits and energy to see you through. Place yourself on “death ground,” where your back is against the wall and you have to fight like hell to get out alive.
After this week I am taking two weeks to myself and then I hope to begin writing about my new venture in earnest.
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Comment by Brennan White on 5 February 2008:
Yo HEN HEN!
So, just found this after seeing your linkedin shit… so, new venture? I want to hear about it!
Matt and I are starting something now as well! email my ass, we can all co-takeover the world.
I read your post about hating normal schedules and I am the same f-ing way. That was at least 10% of the reasoning to start my own thing.
brennanw_98@yahoo.com
WORD,
B