IT Insights Blog — Education

From 1999 to 2005, few people in the world were better at anything than Lance Armstrong was at winning the prestigious Tour de France cycling race. After winning the global showcase event for the first time in 1999, cancer survivor Armstrong went on to win the next six Tour de France events.

One of my heroes is Booker T. Washington, world renowned educator and founder of historically black Tuskegee University in Alabama. As a former slave turned educator, his goal for the students was “self-reliance” and he accomplished this by teaching the practical skills needed to succeed at farming and other trades typical of the rural South.

Life is full of minor items and small details that need to be taken care of on a regular basis. Likewise every job comes with duties and responsibilities that recur throughout the week or month and demand attention from the person or persons who have been assigned to monitor those chores. This condition is often amplified in the IT world, where sometimes it's difficult to see the forest of one's job role for the several dozen trees of individual tasks to be completed.

The NBA Playoffs are in full swing, and are dominating the conversation of many offices throughout the country. The NBA Playoffs are one of the most competitive events in the world, and the 2017 edition is living up to the hype.

At least as far back as ancient Rome, eager and curious youths have been recruited into military service with the promise of (among other things) travel to foreign shores and exotic climes. "Join the [name of defense force] and see the world" has been a standard, if often informal, enticement for generations. Let's face it: We all want the work we do each day to be interesting and, if possible, maybe even a little adventurous.