The internal call
What are you naturally good at and what talents do you have?
- Good at listening and understanding others.
- problem solving and learning.
- translating “geek”… that is I have always been able to communicate technical concepts clearly and concise to people that aren’t very technical.
- Anything technology and computer related, programming, web development.
- I often see opportunities and uses for technology to make working easier.
- Helping others understand and make use of new technology, website, social networking.
- I have a good feel for music, i have played several instruments, DJ’d and written music.
- I have recently found a “talent” within my chosen martial art, iaido which also offers time to work on a clear mind and a greater sense of spirit.
What are the images you associate with you doing work that you love?
Gadgets, computers, communities of people both online in forums, social network and offline in professional networks and hobbies, music, solving challenging problems, writing useful website code.
Think of the three greatest/most significant experiences/achievements of your life. What are the images that you associate with them?
- Completing my Diploma of Multimedia – Being creative with computers, solving problems, working with clients and to a brief, self paced learning.
- Getting my current job at RockStar Recipes – Getting to combine computing with music, teaching others to play guitar, building an online community around learning, solving technical problems and contributing to the vision of the organisation.
- Attending the X:Media:lab Conferences – Getting to learn about the latest technology and ideas, meeting the worlds best in my industry, being able to speak on a highly technical level and being understood by others who are as technical as myself.
If you were to do work in the future that you loved and that was totally aligned with these images what would it look like? How would it feel?
I would be using the latest new technology on the internet to help people communicate there would be a sense or feeling that I am contributing to making the world online a better, easier and more fun place for everyone to interact, have conversations, do business and hopefully it would be so easy, integrated and intuitive that everyone can participate and contribute without the current technical barriers.
