March 9, 2021
Laying It Out
Photo Credit : Nathalia Segato
With this treatment, your skin will definitely get thinner. Maybe your hands will get weak.
After it’s all done and dusted, will I be able to play the piano?
Of course, no problem at all.
That’s amazing, I can’t right now!
It’s an old line, but clearly not one recognised by the doctor I was talking to, who eyed me up quizzically. I started laughing and she caught on … moving on to rephrase what was just said …
Your piano playing capability will be no better or worse than your current expertise once this process is completed.
I highlight this small story as I reflect on where we are. Let me explain. It’s interesting isn’t it. When news like this breaks out - how most people when they hear the news drops a tone, lowers the volume of conversation and pulls out their ‘I’m so sorry voice’. They then move on to tell you not to worry. That everything will be ok - you got to stay positive. etcetra. Curiously I am. Since getting the news, I THINK all I have done is been positive. Later I will share some words form friends that don’t take that line. That speak form the heart. Until then I am being carful with who I share this news with. I just do not want to be inundated by platitudes and ‘prayers to you’ messages. I just don’t’. I grabbed a couple of apps that people told me I should use during this process. Calm and Headspace. Early days yet, but interesting that Headspace has a ‘Cancer Program’. Photo Credit : Jakayla Toney Best estimate is that
this problem has been building up in my throat for (likely) over two years. In that time, the tumour has had time to get settled, even established. I recall having odd issues with swallowing / digestion of pasta and bread at that time but wrote it off as a little ‘acid reflux’ and it never really came back .. so under the management scheme of ‘if it ain’t broke don’t fix it’ … it didn’t seem it was - so I didn’t. And who knows if it was/is connected. That said, two years sitting in there not doing anything, no visibility … it’s down my throat - so until I developed some mouth ulcers and one if my lymph nodes was swollen … well, nothing really. That’s where the name of this site comes from. The site isn’t about me, nor my specific cancer. It’s about all of us and all cancers. What we can do. What we do do. When the unexpected slaps us in the face, even though it is generally …
‘Hidden In Plain Sight.’
See my other Commentary here.
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March 9, 2021
Hidden In Plain Sight
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Photo Credit : Jakayla Toney Best estimate is that this problem has been building up in my throat for (likely) over two years.
In that time, the tumour has had time to get settled, even established. I recall having odd issues with swallowing / digestion of pasta and bread at that time but wrote it off as a little ‘acid reflux’ and it never really came back .. so under the management scheme of ‘if it ain’t broke don’t fix it’ … it didn’t seem it was - so I didn’t.
And who knows if it was/is connected.
That said, two years sitting in there not doing anything, no visibility … it’s down my throat - so until I developed some mouth ulcers and one if my lymph nodes was swollen … well, nothing really.
That’s where the name of this site comes from. The site isn’t about me, nor my specific cancer. It’s about all of us and all cancers. What we can do. What we do do. When the unexpected slaps us in the face, even though it is generally …
‘Hidden In Plain Sight.’
See my other Commentary here.
Commentary
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March 8, 2021
The Context
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Photo Credit : Photo Credit : David Boca****
I need to come back to this post and update with a little history for context. Bottom line - this journey is a long road … as they say, not a sprint … a marathon - and the road ahead can only be taken one step at a time.
Including writing this blog it appears!
Introduction
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March 5, 2021
Now What?
What Every Business Leader Needs To Get Started
You’ve just read ‘For Business Leaders Slapped In The Face By A World They Thought They Knew.’
And you are asking yourself … now what.
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March 2, 2021
Start Here
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It’s not so much ‘day 1’ of the journey as it is a record. A ‘story’.
If you are wondering where this is going. You aren’t alone.
This is a chronological blog - and therefore sits in reverse order.
If you want to go back to the beginning, the story starts here.
If you want to dive into specific categories - the menu at the top of the page is your friend. Think about short pieces like Music, Apps, Experts, Personal Commentary …. I’m trying to account for it all.
What I can tell you is that at this point - I keep revisting the posts so far as I add new ones to buiuld a structure that makes sense and can be easily navigated. When I have done that, I will take this sentence out!
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February 23, 2021
The Future of Remote Work
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Over on the podcast and in the newsletter - oh and in the People First network, I have been ruminating about remote work.
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Specifically about work visas and wondering where work is done and once you know where it is done - then - do you need a work visa?
Quick example. You LIVE in P0rtugal. You connect to servers in the US. You are paid in London. Your value is delivered (eg where the code (for example) is rendered and turned into something that can be charged for in Canada.
Where do you work?
Seems like I am not the only one, Adam Ozimek from Upwork shares his ideas about nomadic workforces with Matt Yglesias. He is really only talking about the US - but still raising valid and related questions about the other side of the where do you work equation - where do you go if you cant work. Which state?
They discuss the implications for migration, local governance, and the elusive concept of work/life balance. (Where have I heard that one before?)
Adam argues strongly for the whole work thing in America to be Federalized.
Listen to the podcast here. If you don’t have a full 60 minutes to listen - scoot through to minute 4o for the pertinent stuff.
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