<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Official Website of Michael J Kowalczuk &#124; Tech Writer &#124; Educational Technologistleadership &#187; Official Website of Michael J Kowalczuk | Tech Writer | Educational Technologist</title>
	<atom:link href="http://www.michaelkowalczuk.com/tag/leadership/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://www.michaelkowalczuk.com</link>
	<description>Thinking up.</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 03:52:17 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1</generator>
		<item>
		<title>Dear people of the world; you have nothing to lose but your chains</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelkowalczuk.com/2009/07/lose-your-chains/#utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=feed</link>
		<comments>http://www.michaelkowalczuk.com/2009/07/lose-your-chains/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:08:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership notes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iPhone notes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[my blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leadership]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.michaelkowalczuk.com/2009/?p=426</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Thinkers of the World, you have nothing to lose but your chains. Do you ever find yourself working busy as a beaver? You loose track of yourself, and the social network around you The reason the beaver died: when the beaver left its habitat (in the winter) it knew the exact (measured) location that a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thinkers of the World, you have nothing to lose but your chains.</p>
<p>Do you ever find yourself working busy as a beaver? You loose track of yourself, and the social network around you</p>
<p>The reason the beaver died: when the beaver left its habitat (in the winter) it knew the exact (measured) location that a hole should be [or at least a fragile ice "architecture"] away from its underwater habitat. Unfortunetly, times change, rivers change, lakes change, everything changes, and those who cannot adapt immediately by learning, will die.  So when the beaver left its home, it went to a &#8220;calculated&#8221; distance where there should be an opening in the ice, and &#8220;Bang&#8221;, &#8220;bang&#8221;, &#8220;bang&#8221; hit its head on the ice, trying to break it &#8211; when there was clearly a hole 36&#8243; (3 feet) away from it. And again &#8220;bang&#8221;, &#8220;bang&#8221;, &#8220;bang&#8221;.</p>
<p>What the point I&#8217;m trying to make?</p>
<p>The national geographic showed compassion and care by trying to direct the beaver in the right direction, they even left  food at the port of the hole for the beaver &#8211; but day after day, life went on, and the beaver never went up to the hole. By spring, the scientists dug up the habitat only to find 4 carcus&#8217; &#8211; the beavers starved to death. So what does this tell us about us?</p>
<p>When you are so hardwired for success you stop anticipating unexpected events &#8211; adjusting for what we should know tomorrow. This has to change in us; in you because I do it too.  Learn a little about a lot  and progress, practice and learn more.</p>
<p>Adjust to the unexpected and be careful.</p>


<div class="shr-bookmarks shr-bookmarks-expand shr-bookmarks-center shr-bookmarks-bg-enjoy">
<ul class="socials">
		<li class="shr-blogengage">
			<a href="http://www.blogengage.com/submit.php?url=http://www.michaelkowalczuk.com/2009/07/lose-your-chains/" rel="nofollow" class="external" title="Engage with this article!">Engage with this article!</a>
		</li>
		<li class="shr-blogger">
			<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blog_this.pyra?t&amp;u=http://www.michaelkowalczuk.com/2009/07/lose-your-chains/&amp;n=Dear+people+of+the+world%3B+you+have+nothing+to+lose+but+your+chains&amp;pli=1" rel="nofollow" class="external" title="Blog this on Blogger">Blog this on Blogger</a>
		</li>
		<li class="shr-buzzster">
			<a href="javascript:var%20s=document.createElement('script');s.src='http://www.buzzster.com/javascripts/bzz_adv.js';s.type='text/javascript';void(document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(s));" rel="nofollow" title="Share this via Buzzster!">Share this via Buzzster!</a>
		</li>
		<li class="shr-comfeed">
			<a href="http://www.michaelkowalczuk.com/2009/07/lose-your-chains/feed" rel="nofollow" class="external" title="Subscribe to the comments for this post?">Subscribe to the comments for this post?</a>
		</li>
		<li class="shr-delicious">
			<a href="http://delicious.com/post?url=http://www.michaelkowalczuk.com/2009/07/lose-your-chains/&amp;title=Dear+people+of+the+world%3B+you+have+nothing+to+lose+but+your+chains" rel="nofollow" class="external" title="Share this on del.icio.us">Share this on del.icio.us</a>
		</li>
		<li class="shr-digg">
			<a href="http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&amp;url=http://www.michaelkowalczuk.com/2009/07/lose-your-chains/&amp;title=Dear+people+of+the+world%3B+you+have+nothing+to+lose+but+your+chains" rel="nofollow" class="external" title="Digg this!">Digg this!</a>
		</li>
		<li class="shr-facebook">
			<a href="http://www.facebook.com/share.php?v=4&amp;src=bm&amp;u=http://www.michaelkowalczuk.com/2009/07/lose-your-chains/&amp;t=Dear+people+of+the+world%3B+you+have+nothing+to+lose+but+your+chains" rel="nofollow" class="external" title="Share this on Facebook">Share this on Facebook</a>
		</li>
		<li class="shr-faqpal">
			<a href="http://www.faqpal.com/submit?url=http://www.michaelkowalczuk.com/2009/07/lose-your-chains/" rel="nofollow" class="external" title="Submit this to FAQpal">Submit this to FAQpal</a>
		</li>
		<li class="shr-gmail">
			<a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&amp;view=cm&amp;fs=1&amp;tf=1&amp;su=Dear+people+of+the+world%3B+you+have+nothing+to+lose+but+your+chains&amp;body=Link: http://www.michaelkowalczuk.com/2009/07/lose-your-chains/ (sent via shareaholic)%0D%0A%0D%0A----%0D%0A Thinkers%20of%20the%20World%2C%20you%20have%20nothing%20to%20lose%20but%20your%20chains.%0D%0A%0D%0ADo%20you%20ever%20find%20yourself%20working%20busy%20as%20a%20beaver%3F%20You%20loose%20track%20of%20yourself%2C%20and%20the%20social%20network%20around%20you%0D%0A%0D%0AThe%20reason%20the%20beaver%20died%3A%20when%20the%20beaver%20left%20its%20habitat%20%28in%20the%20winter%29%20it%20knew%20the%20exact%20%28measured%29%20location" rel="nofollow" class="external" title="Email this via Gmail">Email this via Gmail</a>
		</li>
		<li class="shr-googlebookmarks">
			<a href="http://www.google.com/bookmarks/mark?op=add&amp;bkmk=http://www.michaelkowalczuk.com/2009/07/lose-your-chains/&amp;title=Dear+people+of+the+world%3B+you+have+nothing+to+lose+but+your+chains" rel="nofollow" class="external" title="Add this to Google Bookmarks">Add this to Google Bookmarks</a>
		</li>
		<li class="shr-googlebuzz">
			<a href="http://www.google.com/buzz/post?url=http://www.michaelkowalczuk.com/2009/07/lose-your-chains/&amp;imageurl=" rel="nofollow" class="external" title="Post on Google Buzz">Post on Google Buzz</a>
		</li>
		<li class="shr-googlereader">
			<a href="http://www.google.com/reader/link?url=http://www.michaelkowalczuk.com/2009/07/lose-your-chains/&amp;title=Dear+people+of+the+world%3B+you+have+nothing+to+lose+but+your+chains&amp;srcUrl=http://www.michaelkowalczuk.com/2009/07/lose-your-chains/&amp;srcTitle=Dear+people+of+the+world%3B+you+have+nothing+to+lose+but+your+chains&amp;snippet=Thinkers%20of%20the%20World%2C%20you%20have%20nothing%20to%20lose%20but%20your%20chains.%0D%0A%0D%0ADo%20you%20ever%20find%20yourself%20working%20busy%20as%20a%20beaver%3F%20You%20loose%20track%20of%20yourself%2C%20and%20the%20social%20network%20around%20you%0D%0A%0D%0AThe%20reason%20the%20beaver%20died%3A%20when%20the%20beaver%20left%20its%20habitat%20%28in%20the%20winter%29%20it%20knew%20the%20exact%20%28measured%29%20location" rel="nofollow" class="external" title="Add this to Google Reader">Add this to Google Reader</a>
		</li>
		<li class="shr-linkedin">
			<a href="http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=http://www.michaelkowalczuk.com/2009/07/lose-your-chains/&amp;title=Dear+people+of+the+world%3B+you+have+nothing+to+lose+but+your+chains&amp;summary=Thinkers%20of%20the%20World%2C%20you%20have%20nothing%20to%20lose%20but%20your%20chains.%0D%0A%0D%0ADo%20you%20ever%20find%20yourself%20working%20busy%20as%20a%20beaver%3F%20You%20loose%20track%20of%20yourself%2C%20and%20the%20social%20network%20around%20you%0D%0A%0D%0AThe%20reason%20the%20beaver%20died%3A%20when%20the%20beaver%20left%20its%20habitat%20%28in%20the%20winter%29%20it%20knew%20the%20exact%20%28measured%29%20location&amp;source=Official Website of Michael J Kowalczuk | Tech Writer | Educational Technologist" rel="nofollow" class="external" title="Share this on LinkedIn">Share this on LinkedIn</a>
		</li>
		<li class="shr-mail">
			<a href="mailto:?subject=%22Dear%20people%20of%20the%20world%3B%20you%20have%20nothing%20to%20lose%20but%20your%20chains%22&amp;body=Link: http://www.michaelkowalczuk.com/2009/07/lose-your-chains/ (sent via shareaholic)%0D%0A%0D%0A----%0D%0A Thinkers%20of%20the%20World%2C%20you%20have%20nothing%20to%20lose%20but%20your%20chains.%0D%0A%0D%0ADo%20you%20ever%20find%20yourself%20working%20busy%20as%20a%20beaver%3F%20You%20loose%20track%20of%20yourself%2C%20and%20the%20social%20network%20around%20you%0D%0A%0D%0AThe%20reason%20the%20beaver%20died%3A%20when%20the%20beaver%20left%20its%20habitat%20%28in%20the%20winter%29%20it%20knew%20the%20exact%20%28measured%29%20location" rel="nofollow" class="external" title="Email this to a friend?">Email this to a friend?</a>
		</li>
		<li class="shr-misterwong">
			<a href="http://www.mister-wong.com/addurl/?bm_url=http://www.michaelkowalczuk.com/2009/07/lose-your-chains/&amp;bm_description=Dear+people+of+the+world%3B+you+have+nothing+to+lose+but+your+chains&amp;plugin=sexybookmarks" rel="nofollow" class="external" title="Add this to Mister Wong">Add this to Mister Wong</a>
		</li>
		<li class="shr-mylinkvault">
			<a href="http://www.mylinkvault.com/link-page.php?u=http://www.michaelkowalczuk.com/2009/07/lose-your-chains/&amp;n=Dear+people+of+the+world%3B+you+have+nothing+to+lose+but+your+chains" rel="nofollow" class="external" title="Store this link on MyLinkVault">Store this link on MyLinkVault</a>
		</li>
		<li class="shr-myspace">
			<a href="http://www.myspace.com/Modules/PostTo/Pages/?u=http://www.michaelkowalczuk.com/2009/07/lose-your-chains/&amp;t=Dear+people+of+the+world%3B+you+have+nothing+to+lose+but+your+chains" rel="nofollow" class="external" title="Post this to MySpace">Post this to MySpace</a>
		</li>
		<li class="shr-netvibes">
			<a href="http://www.netvibes.com/share?title=Dear+people+of+the+world%3B+you+have+nothing+to+lose+but+your+chains&amp;url=http://www.michaelkowalczuk.com/2009/07/lose-your-chains/" rel="nofollow" class="external" title="Submit this to Netvibes">Submit this to Netvibes</a>
		</li>
		<li class="shr-newsvine">
			<a href="http://www.newsvine.com/_tools/seed&amp;save?u=http://www.michaelkowalczuk.com/2009/07/lose-your-chains/&amp;h=Dear+people+of+the+world%3B+you+have+nothing+to+lose+but+your+chains" rel="nofollow" class="external" title="Seed this on Newsvine">Seed this on Newsvine</a>
		</li>
		<li class="shr-orkut">
			<a href="http://promote.orkut.com/preview?nt=orkut.com&amp;tt=Dear+people+of+the+world%3B+you+have+nothing+to+lose+but+your+chains&amp;du=http://www.michaelkowalczuk.com/2009/07/lose-your-chains/&amp;cn=Thinkers%20of%20the%20World%2C%20you%20have%20nothing%20to%20lose%20but%20your%20chains.%0D%0A%0D%0ADo%20you%20ever%20find%20yourself%20working%20busy%20as%20a%20beaver%3F%20You%20loose%20track%20of%20yourself%2C%20and%20the%20social%20network%20around%20you%0D%0A%0D%0AThe%20reason%20the%20beaver%20died%3A%20when%20the%20beaver%20left%20its%20habitat%20%28in%20the%20winter%29%20it%20knew%20the%20exact%20%28measured%29%20location" rel="nofollow" class="external" title="Promote this on Orkut">Promote this on Orkut</a>
		</li>
		<li class="shr-pingfm">
			<a href="http://ping.fm/ref/?link=http://www.michaelkowalczuk.com/2009/07/lose-your-chains/&amp;title=Dear+people+of+the+world%3B+you+have+nothing+to+lose+but+your+chains&amp;body=Thinkers%20of%20the%20World%2C%20you%20have%20nothing%20to%20lose%20but%20your%20chains.%0D%0A%0D%0ADo%20you%20ever%20find%20yourself%20working%20busy%20as%20a%20beaver%3F%20You%20loose%20track%20of%20yourself%2C%20and%20the%20social%20network%20around%20you%0D%0A%0D%0AThe%20reason%20the%20beaver%20died%3A%20when%20the%20beaver%20left%20its%20habitat%20%28in%20the%20winter%29%20it%20knew%20the%20exact%20%28measured%29%20location" rel="nofollow" class="external" title="Ping this on Ping.fm">Ping this on Ping.fm</a>
		</li>
		<li class="shr-plurk">
			<a href="http://www.plurk.com/m?content=Dear+people+of+the+world%3B+you+have+nothing+to+lose+but+your+chains+-+http://www.michaelkowalczuk.com/2009/07/lose-your-chains/&amp;qualifier=shares" rel="nofollow" class="external" title="Share this on Plurk">Share this on Plurk</a>
		</li>
		<li class="shr-propeller">
			<a href="http://www.propeller.com/submit/?url=http://www.michaelkowalczuk.com/2009/07/lose-your-chains/" rel="nofollow" class="external" title="Submit this story to Propeller">Submit this story to Propeller</a>
		</li>
		<li class="shr-reddit">
			<a href="http://reddit.com/submit?url=http://www.michaelkowalczuk.com/2009/07/lose-your-chains/&amp;title=Dear+people+of+the+world%3B+you+have+nothing+to+lose+but+your+chains" rel="nofollow" class="external" title="Share this on Reddit">Share this on Reddit</a>
		</li>
		<li class="shr-squidoo">
			<a href="http://www.squidoo.com/lensmaster/bookmark?http://www.michaelkowalczuk.com/2009/07/lose-your-chains/" rel="nofollow" class="external" title="Add to a lense on Squidoo">Add to a lense on Squidoo</a>
		</li>
		<li class="shr-stumbleupon">
			<a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http://www.michaelkowalczuk.com/2009/07/lose-your-chains/&amp;title=Dear+people+of+the+world%3B+you+have+nothing+to+lose+but+your+chains" rel="nofollow" class="external" title="Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon">Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon</a>
		</li>
		<li class="shr-technorati">
			<a href="http://technorati.com/faves?add=http://www.michaelkowalczuk.com/2009/07/lose-your-chains/" rel="nofollow" class="external" title="Share this on Technorati">Share this on Technorati</a>
		</li>
		<li class="shr-twitter">
			<a href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Dear+people+of+the+world%3B+you+have+nothing+to+lose+but+your+chains+-+http://www.michaelkowalczuk.com/2009/07/lose-your-chains/&amp;source=shareaholic" rel="nofollow" class="external" title="Tweet This!">Tweet This!</a>
		</li>
		<li class="shr-yahoobuzz">
			<a href="http://buzz.yahoo.com/submit/?submitUrl=http://www.michaelkowalczuk.com/2009/07/lose-your-chains/&amp;submitHeadline=Dear+people+of+the+world%3B+you+have+nothing+to+lose+but+your+chains&amp;submitSummary=Thinkers%20of%20the%20World%2C%20you%20have%20nothing%20to%20lose%20but%20your%20chains.%0D%0A%0D%0ADo%20you%20ever%20find%20yourself%20working%20busy%20as%20a%20beaver%3F%20You%20loose%20track%20of%20yourself%2C%20and%20the%20social%20network%20around%20you%0D%0A%0D%0AThe%20reason%20the%20beaver%20died%3A%20when%20the%20beaver%20left%20its%20habitat%20%28in%20the%20winter%29%20it%20knew%20the%20exact%20%28measured%29%20location&amp;submitCategory=science&amp;submitAssetType=text" rel="nofollow" class="external" title="Buzz up!">Buzz up!</a>
		</li>
		<li class="shr-zabox">
			<a href="http://www.zabox.net/submit.php?url=http://www.michaelkowalczuk.com/2009/07/lose-your-chains/" rel="nofollow" class="external" title="Box this on Zabox">Box this on Zabox</a>
		</li>
</ul>
<div style="clear:both;"></div>
</div>

]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://www.michaelkowalczuk.com/2009/07/lose-your-chains/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>

