http://rohanmitchell.com thoughts on technology, productivity and happiness Tue, 11 Nov 2008 07:34:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's been a long time since I posted, so today I'll talk about the goals I've set for the next three months, and a recent shift in understanding I've had about goal setting. I used to think that I had a big problem with setting goals, and that problem was that ... http://rohanmitchell.com/2008/11/my-goals-for-november-to-february-2009/ Hi! I know I haven't posted in awhile, but I am still alive! I'm a big fan of Steve Pavlina's writings, so to get the ball rolling again, I thought I'd collect a list of my favourite posts. I then realised that there were way too many articles for one blog ... http://rohanmitchell.com/2008/09/my-favourite-articles-by-steve-pavlina/ In my last post, I wrote about how I'd like to help people go after their dreams. I've done a bit of thinking and come up with some ideas for how to make this a reality. Essentially, I'd like to work with people to help them figure out their dreams and ... http://rohanmitchell.com/2008/08/dream-coaching/ I've been doing a lot of thinking about my life purpose recently, and I've made a lot of progress over the last few days. Tonight I sat down to do a bit more thinking. I typed "What's the essence of my purpose?" and hit Ctrl-v to paste it in. I ... http://rohanmitchell.com/2008/08/purpose/ Here's the pictures to accompany my previous post on reverse coiling: The first loop. To make this loop, my right hand is twisting the cable anticlockwise. Making the second loop. This time my right hand is twisting the cable clockwise, the opposite direction to the first loop. Another view of how to make ... http://rohanmitchell.com/2008/08/reverse-coiling-now-with-pictures/ Last week I started work at the Department of Immigration and Citizenship, working in the web applications group (ie. lots of PHP coding). I'm enjoying the work, but didn't realise how little time I'd have in the evenings (especially with Aikido 3 nights a week). I'd love to be able ... http://rohanmitchell.com/2008/07/full-time-work/ Back in the day (am I old enough to say that?) I used to do light and sound work at high school and a few of my friend's church events. This basically involved setting up and running the lights and sound equipment for events from the mundane (school assemblies) to ... http://rohanmitchell.com/2008/07/nerd-skill-7684-reverse-coiling/ "I wouldn't give a fig for the simplicity on this side of complexity; I would give my right arm for the simplicity on the far side of complexity." -- Oliver Wendell Holmes I think this quote highlights a very important point. It's easy to say simplicity is great, and it's easy to ... http://rohanmitchell.com/2008/07/simplicity/ This week I'm in Sydney at the Aiki-kai winter school. I'm also testing out the pre-publish feature of wordpress, so with luck this post will appear on Thursday, even though I'm writing it on Sunday. I'm not going to write much not because I have to pack, but if you're ... http://rohanmitchell.com/2008/07/aikido/ Report on ACS Young IT conference in Adelaide - Day 1, 30th May Preparing For a Leadership Role by Stephen Kowal A definition: Motivating (inspiring) a person or people to achieve a goal, while helping those people achieve their goals. Every position is a leadership position, but not every person is a leader. ... http://rohanmitchell.com/2008/07/acs-conference-preparing-for-a-leadership-role/