Original RAD Race -- Always deliveries , always good value

I truly recommend all IT organisations to make some activities that will boost and encourage their motivation and even more performance.

A great example of this kind of event is the Original RAD RACE. It is held frequently in Holland and Belgium by the excellent skilled Ivan Verbourgh.

RAD Race is an independent programming competition focused on:
--delivering a working business program,
--in controlled and verifiable conditions

I had the great pleasure to join the last public RAD Race held in Hasselt Belgium and I have to admit it was a great success in many ways.

First of all, all the participants, the teams, were so engaged, energetic and very enthusiastic about the very difficult case given. 14 skilled teams, 2 in each team, from different IT companies around the area, bringing their company banners and promotion material to their given place in the facility, on of the university halls in Hasselt. The high workperformance and committment in each team .. yes I was impressed and happy to se it myself.

Second, the encouraging, skilled and very professional jury members were fantastic. To join this jury group for some hours was an honour and a pleasure, and I will never forget it.

Third, the workresult solutions presented from each of the teams. Impressive. For such a short period of time, the deliveries were great and interesting. Within 48 hours. Different solutions and interfaces and all the results were good in their way.

I had the pleasure to join the jury work of the RAD RACE and I promised myself and the Task force manager of the race, Ivan Verbourgh to make sure he will come to Scandinavia with this kind of event.

Not only fun, Its extremely good value in many ways, internal organisation way of working, encouraging skilled people to increase even more, strengthen the skilles and motivate for even further better work, and of course also promotion.

Read more about it and contact Ivan, I promise, the result and value is worth every spent dime.

http://www.radrace.org/en/index.html

In the photo, me standing with the great jury members, getting the presentation from one of the teams solution.

/A

Divorce.... a failure or a success?

So back to some personal writings here, very personal.

I dont know if it is the time of the year, beginning of the new year or what, but a lot of things are going around out there in many families. In my "neighborhoud" things are happening, that is for sure.

Christimas and holidays reminds about the sad situation in families with bad relations, but also strengthen some others.

One of my very good friend will soon be divorced at the end of January and I know what this mean in many ways. A year filled with challenges due to the fact of selfish and x partner jealousy of the situation to be able to choose happiness and go on. No support to each other at all. The driver of the divorce, has become a new person and is as happy as ever. I have never heard a person talk about happiness in such words after a divorce.... more then myself. His x-partner is probably even more unhappy due to the bad giving and non giving. On top of the cream he met the woman of his life quiet early after splitting and they are in heaven for their new life and all their children together, and as an extra bonus.. they got a lovely little son in December. I just go crazy happy for them.

A great girl here in town, has finally after 13 years of consideration..puuh..... ( oldest child is 18) moved away from a man that did not bring any happiness at all into their relationsship, and neither did she. She did not dare to tell her boys about it so she let it go... I can tell .. the boys today are chocked and more sad about that they have stayed together then the divorce itself. I am happy for her. I know she will start living now.

Another friend is in such a shitty relationsship that it is not worth to call a relationsship. It just proves that some man are really big assholes. But is it more simple to split it up with an asshole? Well.. depends who you ask. To stand aside and guide is very easy... to be in the middle of the hurricane eye.. you just try to survive. I will be her publisher for releasing a book.. i promise it will be a bestseller.

To divorce and separate is not very simple in one way, on the other it is. Its about people and a life and you have to make your choices. You can never cover up any situation as sadness or any other reactions to yourself or your children. The logic parts must not be the guiding ones, it is the living life thoughts of the future.

I promised myself that I will always look back at the good part of the marriage I had and make those to great memories for my children, that does not cost me anything, it gives me strenthen to show that what the past lovely time gave us. I also promised to tell my children to be sure that I will always will do my best to fix the situation and everything for them, and I feel great about that mindset and ambition.

Its not a perfect world we are living in, and no-one is perfect. To show your children that you choose happiness and a good future for them will guide them to believe in something good.
Consider it will be even better then before... that is a huge thought?

So, it depends on how you see it. It is ok to fail if we choose to call a divorce a failure and it is also ok to make your failure to your best future and success.

Its about the choices again.

I choose love and happiness and go for celebrating both failures and succesess in life. And honestly.. i dare to believe in love, heavy and faithful undconditionally even after divorce. I just do.

/ A

End of holidays .. drive to achieve...

In one way I am happy that Christmas, New year and the other celebration days are over for this time. This year was strange in the sence that I put myself in a Stand By position both privately and businesswise, and now I realize it was a good decision to do so.

I am a person that can´t be to long in the stand by mood, but with the right motivation, everything is possible. This year I had ( have) and still stay kind of stand by.

Some mixes from today thoughts.. in stupid combinations short cuts... ..

Today I put some energy and action into myself again and I have made some great purchase offers that I look forward to see where it goes. It can be good and it can be bad and in worse case it can be nothing. Nothing is not what I prefer, it is better to go for any of the others,at least there is something to negotiate about.

Today.. my mother for the first time discussed leadership with me.. since she obviously had a talk about my leadership and management skills with one of the guests outside the hotel while smoking..eh. .. she is kind of incredible.. but anyway.. We had a talk about it, me and her, and she all of a sudden reflected about her manager at the hospital and the way she was managing people and situations.

I decided to listen with new ears to my mother as I have never ever discussed this kind of things before since management is not her skill or have never been her interest ever... and I did.

I decided also just to listen to the feedback and dont give any comments back at all, just thanks for the reflection and advices. She wanted me to react and so on.. but I decided not to. Strange according to her... but not strange according to me. For heaven sake... it is kind of nice to stay silent now and then.... and since almost talk all the time... it was just great. Two ear and one mouth.... hehe... my best lover reminded me about it the other day.. and thanks for that too.

"Drive to Achieve" was one of the managment skills amongs other pointed out as critical in the management and leadership in my old company. Thank good.. it can also be a headline here in my blog.

Actually this skill needs to be used heavily here for the comings in both a lovely, smart and strategic way.

Today I did some real on the job training in this skills by managing purchase documents and offers with the clear goal what ot achieve. Puh... it is not to easy, and I wish I had my very best mentor to ask and support me, but unfortunately he is busy.. so.. I have to manage on my own.

Then you have to put your own fuel into the engine and start to drive... put yourself into the driver seat. No one else can do that but yourself.

At the moment, I am into something that I will make my best days and drive for the rest of my life. I am convinced, I am confident and I am happy about it.

Regarding cars... I have just experienced a brand new car together with a brand lovely person.

So I dedicate this Roxette song to the very best driver of that car.

Drive on...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDjdMxHHmF4

Back to work...

So, finally back to work..... Have to admit it was some strange to have a must this morning and the alarm since I have had a great break for two weeks, but I guess it was needed.

I have promised to make this week very good, be proactive, effective but also very calm. I just have to stay cool at the moment.

Good to be back at the hotel and meet all the lovely guests that are so very friendly here. I guess its about how you act and treat others, so.. what goes around, comes around.

The tempo here this week is kind of low but I guess it is normal and also a good start.

Also time to leave all the financial stuff for December to my bookkeeper and that is always a little nerv. On the other hand I feel comfortable with the hotel progress and profit.. .but I always want to make sure to do good business. Something else is not good enough.

One of the employee is sick as well and it makes me crazy happy that I have gathered a great team to call if needed. And it is.

Talking about team, Teamclinic is up and running and the real hard work is about to be proven now, how fun.

Also, I am so enthusiastic about RSDC 2009 and the sessions down there. I want to make sure that we have at least one session this year and hopefully also be invited to a panel discussion also this year. I still remember the thrill and great fun.

So.... this 5th of January was kind of a good Monday and it is a smaller evening celebration in the calender , so happy ´celebration.

Love
A

Next last day of 2008 ..... and soon the 3 of January...

oboy... i have had some great days here in Stockholm and I truly enjoy it. I have become so relaxed that I feel kind of lazy.. but that is ok, at least it feels good.

Teamclinic will go for 2009 with big steps and very much good energy, and that makes me very happy. I give a 5 for our coming work. Truly and gladly and it means more work in Stockholm and I look forward to it.

Myself will go for a challenging and best year 2009 that is for sure and I start up at 3 of January to gather the information, vision and mission given to set the plan.

If I dont have a clear vision and purpose I will just remain standing on the same place as before and their will be no room for expanding, growing and change. And I need the motivation for a change and future coming.

/ A

Hero gifts... Guitar Hero Band

So, Christmas Day is over and out. At least for me.. my boys are still awake and play around with maybe the best christmas gift ever. Guitar Hero Band. Well.. I thank myself all evening that I did not hesitate to buy it, even if it was very much to expensive... but, today I just realized it was worth it. The boys were both surprised and so happy about it and we had fun all afternoon and also this evening.

Quiet hard to hang on to the songs but we managed so good together. Some of the songs I sang but mostly I played the guitar and I did it very good. True.....

In the end I got the feeling of being sea sick, that much we played. But it was great fun and we had such a great time together playing, concentrating and laughing.

Another hero is some far away from here but he is anyway present very much and have been during the evening.

To me this cristmas is about being together in one way and not to in another. The great thing is that both scenarious are good and will be good in the end.

Now.. to bed and a long night of sleeping.

God Jul och Gott nytt År.

Anna

23th of December....a puma in town

I have just had the best 23th December ever. Celebrated in a Mc Donalds restaurant with 3 men who makes me crazy happy in different ways. Just the freedom and spirit in a pure happiness that is the truth and nothing but the truth. Unexpected, simple and as good as the best time ever. How hard can it be.

I just got that lovely feeling again... reminding me about my choices and the pure and honest energy i own.

Share, give and get is strong and right.

Welcome Mr Santa, time for some christmas celebration.

The puma is ready.

Love
A