Today I ask you – what is it going to take for you to get off the bench?
And wish my dead dad a happy 58th birthday.
Here’s a link to the post on The Age and here’s a link to the J. Paul Getty book I mention.
G’DAY WORLD #239 – Get Off The Bench!
by cameron | May 23, 2007 | Podcast | 13 comments
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Thanks Cam! Just what I need when its less than a week until exams start. First you make me cry then you make me question whether what I’m doing with my life is using my talents to their best potential.
Seriously though, it was a very thought provoking podcast and I’ll probably blog my thoughts about it over the next couple of days.
That was such a beautiful podcast. I was suprised to hear a segway back into startups. I was doubly suprised when you mentioned leaving Microsoft. I’m pretty young and I just started working with some groups at Microsoft earlier this year.
I’m far from home now. I’ve asked for mentors before and heard “I don’t have time”, or a headfake and no followup. I dunno man, it’s pretty hard sometimes. I get bored with people too. I think I’ve found the right podcast for me.
Will you be my mentor? 🙂
Hmmm a list of people I admire… ?? hmmm that’s a good idea. “Making the human race a better place” has a good ring to it. You should stick with that.
I’m serious about the mentor thing. You can email me and I will respond and give you some more background.
Cheers
Great podcast Cam! your podcast and blogs have been a great influence in my life. I also had problems growing up with my father. It’s kinda strange how it pushes you to work harder and fight for your liberty.
But as Ryan said in the earlier post, it sure is hard to find a mentor or even somebody to look up 2.
The ppl I have always worked for are just a bunch if monkey managers.
I have been teaching myself web design, and building some websites for a while now.
But it sure is hard to get known out there especially with the internet speed and prices the way they are here in Aus.
Thanks for all the hard work your doing Cam.
Love your work Tim.
Its funny, I have a pretty bad relationship with my mother and if I’m going to be honest with myself she’s probably the main reason why I’m studying engineering rather than psychiatry.
Super Podcast Cam.
I usually listen to GW on my way home from work(Richmond to MtEliza =plenty of time to listen…).
So I am usually reflecting on my day; dissecting my actions; asking what I could have done better; question whether I am really (really) enjoying what I am doing. I love it when you get all reflective on me!
When you were talking about your Dad, I couldn’t help but thinking about the situation with that chick on Big Brother. I can’t believe how the dickshits that run that show can somehow justify not telling her that her Dad is dead and buried just cause that was his dying wish, and they had a strained relationship…
What a crock. It’s her Dad!
I don’t watch the crap, and don’t know the first thing about this chick (other that one of the guys at work said she has a great set of pneumatic things mounted to her chest); but surely she should be told that her old man is dead?
Shannon – no idea who you’re talking about mate, never watch it either. Sounds typically skanky though.
Mim – my advice to everyone these days is that if you have a bad relationship with a parent, FIX IT before it’s too late. I wish I’d had the sense to do that when I still could.
My relationship with mum isn’t THAT bad. I love her, I’m always looking out for her, I just don’t really like her as a person. I’ve tried to patch things up with her a few times but any attempts to work through our baggage haven’t made much of a difference.
Cam, it’s peculiar that my mum was born in 1948, and died of cancer in 2001, and we had rather strained and dysfunctional relationship (but probably for different reasons). You made me cry dude… I still miss her terribly at times.
Miriam: I second Cam’s opinion… try to fix it if you can, while you can. I never forgave my mum for being human, and now I have trouble forgiving myself for wasting all that time & opportunity.
Krash, glad it’s not just me that cries at the drop of a hat dude. 🙂
Cam, I had one of those relationships with my Dad, never really got on with him, he wanted a mate some one to watch footy, go to the pub with. I wanted a dad so we went our seperate ways during my twenties then slowly through my thirties after my daughter came on the scene we started to connect and in the last couple of years I can say I quite enjoy catching up with the cranky old bugger. We’re not in each others lives type close but we have both put in the effort to understand each other and it’s paying off. And a lot of the good things that I’ve discovered in him I realise live in me and I can thank him for that. Cool! I’m just glad that we made the effort to hook up before it’s too late. He’s 74 now and I’m glad we know each other.
As for the rest of the podcast Cam, are you living in my head? Coincidently I’ve pulled back to working two days a week to free myself up to explore other options I hope I can stay on track and pull off this change that I’m working on.
Ian, yes, I’m living in your head. You know the rattling sound when you nod? That’s me. 🙂
Good work building that bridge with your dad. I’m sure it’s worth the effort and you’re lucky he lived long enough for you to make it happen.
Good luck with the life change mate. It’s worth it.
I am on a mission…
Can’t believe I was busy when this came through iTunes, glad I went back and listened. Thanks Cam
I hope I am not on the boring list…
Nice show Cam. Again, the relevance to my current situation is astounding. Perhaps it’s just the fact that everyone’s thinking these things but you’re the only saying them. My mum finally passed away 10 days ago after continual degeneration from dementia and motor-neuron disease over the last few years (hence my silence on these boards). At present it’s a massive relief for my brother and I (under whose care she was) because any further degeneration would have meant she’d be bed-riden in hospital. I was not looking forward to that for her. I know however that I will be andry/sad over the years to come that we never really got to talk about the larger things in life. The years before she lost her speach, the topic of conversation was her trying to get me to work at school or uni.
At the funeral, I had many relative strangers telling me how smart and worldly she was. I knew that for myself though i had all but forgotten due to her loss of speach and communication. Now i’m feeling more and more annoyed that we never really got to chat adult to adult.
I just wanted to reitterate to everyone to increase the priorities that they allocate to family and friends. I actualy made my girlfriend tell her mum that she loved her. Now i’ve just got to take my own advice with my own father.