I don't really have anything to post, and that's because I haven't been doing any thinking lately.

I've been too distracted by life (again).

I need to look around, remember to put my tourist glasses back on every now and again.

When am I going to be in Iran again?

Sometimes there are hard lessons to learn.

You look at yourself, and your values. you made decisions based on those values. But what happens when you stand by someone and some of your values, knowing that by doing so, you violate other values?

How do you balance them out? Which are more important? What influences the decision? Do you rank the things you hold dear in order? Can integrity be sacrificed over loyalty? Honesty over trust?

Does your situation influence which ones you pick over others? Undoubtably.

Then what happens when you are called out on your choice? There's no defence, because at the end of the day, you did violate your own values. You did something wrong. Even if you were doing so in defence of others.

Big questions.

Eat That Frog!

I found this book today - one of two English-language books in the 10-15 bookstores I visited (the other is Great Expectations by Dickins - now's a good a time as any to start on the classics I guess!)

It's a short one, and I've read it 3 times already. I quite like the productivity genre, it usually gives me new ideas and impetus to get off my arse and get moving.

This one's got me though, it really has. It's simple, and I'm already doing some of the things, which makes me happy.

The premise is that there is an old idea: "if the first thing you do each morning is to eat a live frog, you can go through the day with the satisfaction of knowing that that is probably the worst thing that is going to happen to you all day long."

Therefore, you should do the hardest, most off-putting (but realistically, probably most important) task first thing, and stay at it 'til it's done.

It's simple, but I think it's worth it. Straight to the point, no fluffing about. Just get your work done. The ideas aren't new, but I like the way it's presented.