Not so much better, yet. Turns out she has the flu and an ear infection. And b/c her skin is so sensitive to start with, when she broke out in the flu rash, it turned to hives on her limbs and she's scratching all her skin off. The dr. is calling in some hydrocortisone cream as we speak. Hopefully it will help.
Did my regular prehab/closed-chain routine today. Felt good; getting stronger every week.
Work is kinda dragging right now. I sell services to banks, and if you haven't noticed, banks aren't really doing so hot these days. Most of my clients are okay and I've had some terrific discussions with several C-level executives over the past few weeks. But overall the industry is hurting and that means it's hurting us too.
Our new pres starts next week. Should be interesting!
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Michael, is that routine posted earlier in this log? Otherwise, what is it?
Good luck on getting some services sold. If they have value, just sell that value! People need value even in bad times, even particularly in bad times.
Good luck on getting some services sold. If they have value, just sell that value! People need value even in bad times, even particularly in bad times.
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Good luck on getting some services sold. If they have value, just sell that value! People need value even in bad times, even particularly in bad times.
You haven't dealt with bank executives much, have you?
It's old school, conservative, slow-moving and risk-averse at all but the biggest dozen banks (and look what's happening to those companies now). Their instinct is to withdraw and become paralyzed in tough times, even if my consulting can make them more profitable this year. It's a good challenge.
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Michael, is that routine posted earlier in this log? Otherwise, what is it?
Yep, I've done it a few other times:
Leg/hip prehab -- band work (clamshells) and stretching (hip/glute/piriformis, like the pic below except I was clothed)
Glute Ham Raise
Inverted rows
T-pushups
Bench pistols
Rotating Planks of Death
Shoulder prehab (YWTL)
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You guys seriously so disturbed by a CGI male bootie? You obviously don't frequent gyms often. I'm jaded on man-crack.
Today is powerlifting/strongman/growl day at the gym -- it'll be a late-afternoon workout on the way home.
In business news, the new pres has asked the HR Director if I would be available to assist him on some projects over his first 90 days. She read his email to me and it said , "I don't want people to worry that I'm building an empire here or anything, but I really need somebody with solid business and analytical skills as a right hand. Someone with a graduate degree would be ideal, like Michael Wilson."
I've already warned RedWifey that I'll probably be away from home more over the next several weeks. She had a good poker face and avoided a fist-pump wahoo, just saying that she and the kids got my back.
It's been a long time since I felt I was a part of something new, valuable and exciting at the office -- maybe this will be just the thing.
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You guys seriously so disturbed by a CGI male bootie? You obviously don't frequent gyms often. I'm jaded on man-crack.
Today is powerlifting/strongman/growl day at the gym -- it'll be a late-afternoon workout on the way home.
In business news, the new pres has asked the HR Director if I would be available to assist him on some projects over his first 90 days. She read his email to me and it said , "I don't want people to worry that I'm building an empire here or anything, but I really need somebody with solid business and analytical skills as a right hand. Someone with a graduate degree would be ideal, like Michael Wilson."
I've already warned RedWifey that I'll probably be away from home more over the next several weeks. She had a good poker face and avoided a fist-pump wahoo, just saying that she and the kids got my back.
It's been a long time since I felt I was a part of something new, valuable and exciting at the office -- maybe this will be just the thing.
Very cool, Michael. Truly happy to hear of such an opportunity for you.
Unfortunately now Samantha is throwing up again. She had the stomach flu last week and missed three and a half days of school. Then Jack has been coughing horribly and running intermittent fever for a few days, and looked pretty rough by bedtime tonight. Now Samantha's stomach again...
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She threw up one more time and then rested pretty well. RW slept in Samantha's bed and things were good enough this morning that she got to go to school (field trip day to the Children's Museum). We're thinking the vomiting was due to a new multivitamin the kids started last night. Vomiting sorta defeats the purpose of the vitamin, I'd think.
Jack is worse, unfortunately. Came into my room at 5am complaining of belly aches, and eventually we went downstairs for breakfast but he fell asleep on the couch before I had it ready. He's had a good nap but his cough is still nasty. No fever that I can tell.
Our company pres will now arrive this afternoon, instead of tomorrow. So I may have a late night at work.
And here's yesterday's workout:
Normal prehab stuff
DL -- lots of singles with different stances/grips
Single-leg Romanian DL
Farmer's walks
I'm still weak at this stuff but have fun doing it. And if it keeps me from getting the flu, it's all worth it.
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Congrats on getting some recognition for your hard work.
How is your goal of stepping out of your comfort zone going???
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How is your goal of stepping out of your comfort zone going???
Good question. Overall I'd say pretty well.
I'm not looking for anything dramatic here -- the whole point is one extra degree past the norm, one small thing past my habitual stasis point. For the most part I'm doing that.
It's tricky, though, as I'm trying to avoid placing too much emphasis on this.
As an analogy, I think of my religous upbringing. I was raised in a conservative Protestant household and church that put doctrine above all else. So my eternal destination depended on what I believed. Lot of pressure there, and something I've moved past but it took years.
Then business school and immersion in the American dream taught me that my destination and value depends on what I do or what I have. For some reason I could ignore the "have" thing, as it's never been a motivator for me, nor my definition of who I am.
But the "do" thing is tougher. If I have a lackluster week, am I less valuable? If I don't make a dent in my list, how much should it bother me? Am I defined by how well I live up to my potential?
Questions we all deal with, I know. And in the background of this log, and the journey of one degree, I'm working through some of those deeper issues.
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I get where you are coming from with your response because I see the same thing going on in my 70x7 project. I didn't feel like I made a huge dent in anything last week because my schedule was off with Bob being around so much. But at the same time, if I look back to where I unofficially started this little experiment in Mid-January, there's some real progress being made.
__________________ It all starts with the mind, but the thoughts, the intention aren't enough. Action needs to come next. Dream it, believe it, plan it, execute it, celebrate it. - Wendy
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