Sunday Morning Biking and Strength Assessment

Went Biking with Marcus Buckingham this morning. About 700 calories in 30 minutes.

More important, I listened to Buckingham talk about the fact that strengths are things that come out of your appetites. If this is true, I believe that my strengths revolve around Tuna Hoagies and cheesesteaks.

Seriously, I think that my strengths revolve around key childhood coping strategies. Let's see what they are:

1. Imagine. I would always tell stories. (And I had a father who was a story teller).

2. Persuade. I would always try to get my way, and I would feel wonderful when I did.

3. Be funny. To be specific, satire is my weapon of choice. Humor is both a defense mechanism and an offensive weapon. It reduces things one is scared of or is outraged by.

4. Analyze. Although most people don't see the connection, analysis and humor are pretty related.

5. Organize. I always feel better when I put things in their proper perspective.

6. Collect or amass. Trophies, money, tuna hoagies, etc. Maybe quantify is the right word here.


Anyway, those are my strengths. It's time to go put one of them to work. I'm working on cutting Rescue Man. I've already cut over 26 pages. And I'm just getting started. I think that this could be a really good story. It has all the right elements: Combat, love, and cheese steaks.


Gotta go.

Doug