Life

Anything Worth Doing Is Worth Doing Poorly

Tue September 2nd, 2008 at 8:28 am
Life

Had a great weekend at the beach and released a new episode of Distinctions For Life. This principle works with all kinds of skill building, from photography to shooting to guitar.
Anything Worth Doing Is Worth Doing Poorly from Ron Davis on Vimeo.

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Personal Growth and The Significance Journal

Mon August 25th, 2008 at 6:58 am
Life

Personal Growth And The Significance Journal from Ron Davis on Vimeo.

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How Get A Great Portrait

Wed August 20th, 2008 at 10:47 am
Life  |  1 Comment

Was trying to cram Book Yourself Solid into my head last night until it exploded. But one thing he talks related to credibility was having a professional photograph.
Given I’ve done a lot of people photography I thought I’d give a few tips and thoughts.
There are different kinds of photographers. Unfortunately most are what I refer [...]

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Distinctions For Life

Mon July 14th, 2008 at 2:41 pm
Distinctions For Life, Life

Today is a big day for me. It is the first day of my new life. Today I launch a new online endeavor that I plan to be the focus of not just my career but my life years to come.
Distinctions For Life
Distinctions for Life is a weekly video podcast for personal development and [...]

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Fit Over 40

Tue July 1st, 2008 at 10:08 am
Life

If you’ve been reading this blog for very long you know how I’ve lost 20 lbs in the last couple of months on a low-carb diet. If you’ve been reading it for a LONG time you know I’ve done Body For Life before and made significant progress. Well, even though I’ve lost a lot of [...]

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Natural Is Not Optimal

Wed May 14th, 2008 at 8:16 am
Guns, Life

A few days ago I went down the hall to a coworkers office for some conversation. We got to talking about holsters and drawing from them. I was explaining how when you draw from the hip, you draw the gun straight up from the holster, and then pivot it forward right next to your body. Then you push the gun out toward the target.

My non-gunner friend commented “That just doesn’t seem natural.”

Which is isn’t.

I explained the reasons for doing it this way, but the comment stuck in my head for later contemplation.

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Internet Business

Thu April 24th, 2008 at 3:48 pm
Blogging, Business, Life  |  3 Comments

Went to lunch today with a coworker and we talked internet business and marketing. See I’m getting ready to launch a new business/web site real soon. It will take my passion for glamour photography and turn it into something I can hopefully make a living at. More details to come. Soon.
There were three main things [...]

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Welcome Our Computer Overlords

Tue April 22nd, 2008 at 11:23 am
Life

Computers are aribiters of everything.

So we ask the guy at the counter to do that. But he doesn’t know how. At least he went to ask, then he came back and said “There is no way to enter that in the computer.”

Is the computer the arbiter of customer service? Apperantly so. But bright boy that I am, I figure we can just go around the computer. “Well can you just do it and not enter it in the computer.”

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