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I reflected this morning on the activity known as "wiping the bench down". I know, not much else to think about. When you are asked, or even think to – "wipe down the bench" – do you do exactly that? No more, and no less. I mean that’s the task right?

Or is it? I mean that’s what you might have been "asked" to do literally, but is it what was needed. Was it the "true purpose" of the comment? Wasn’t the purpose of the request to "clean the bench top"? I mean, what’s the point of "wiping the bench"? Is it to smear any grime and dirt over the bench, or is it to make it a clean and healthy workspace?

You and i both know the the answer, but why is it that sometimes we just "wipe the bench" when we should "clean the bench"?

By now your’re thinking i’m going nuts, but stick with me. I once came across an interesting take on the meaning of getting paid to do work. In essence it states that there will be "consideration, in this case agreement to pay wages in exchange for performance of work". What does this mean?

Don’t you get paid for working hours? What has "performance of work" got to do with it? Well maybe i’m being a bit fundamental about this – but an employee is not simply paid for "hours worked" – No – they are provided consideration in return for the performance of work or activities, performed to a satisfactory level.

How this will work though is that if you can’ "perform the activity to a satisfactory level then your boss or other significant person has every right to replace you with someone who can perform better.

So, what has this to do with respecting yourself? Well i ask again – if you are smart enough to know the difference between wiping the bench, and cleaning the bench, then you’d be disrespecting yourself to simply wipe the bench. And so it is with work – if you’re not doing to best you can to perform the work to your highest ability, then is that dissing your boss, or yourself?

So i challenge you – respect yourself – and then others will also.

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My best apps for Android (iphone if you can find them)

Dec 16

Posted by mattcolliver

I keep thinking I should compile this so here it is… You’ll find lists of best apps for the android/iphone, but In some ways it will depend on your need…

appName	What it is	Android	iPhone	Other
Downtime…
Feedly	Great News and article consolidator	Yes	Yes	Web
MSpot	Muic streaming and player
Traffic Monitor	See what data you’re really using, or not.
Double twist music player.
Office
Quick Office HD		Yes	?	?
Productivity
Evernote	Note taking and sharing tool	Yes	Yes	PC also
Officedrop.com	Scan/photo and store your docs online using your camera	Yes	?	Web
Thinking Space Mind	Mapping software
Dropbox	File sharing	Yes	yes	PC also
Camcard Lite	Turn business cards into contacts using camera	Yes
Just need these
Alarm Clock Plus	Best alarm clock	Yes	?
Phone weaver	Profile manager – sets volume and other settings based on time of day etc.	Yes	?
ES File Explorer	File Manager / Explorer
Prey	Locate and wipe stolen phone	Yes	No	PC also
Tech Tools…
Speedtest.net	Test your link speed	Yes	Yes	PC
OpenSignal.com	Test you mobile antenna connection	Yes
Fing	Network scanner tool	Yes
Teamviewer	Remote control another machine	Yes	?	PC also
PocketCloud Remote RDP	Terminal Server RDP client	Yes
Wifi Analyzer	Scan wifi networks.
GPS Test	Useful GPS tool	Yes

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