Comments on: Super Hero Life. =) http://www.wasatchgirl.com/2008/05/26/super-hero-life/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:19:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: kd http://www.wasatchgirl.com/2008/05/26/super-hero-life/#comment-131 kd Wed, 28 May 2008 19:59:29 +0000 http://www.wasatchgirl.com/2008/05/26/super-hero-life/#comment-131 Many people these days are hyper-sensitive about labels. I would think that a business analyst would spend their day balancing conservative and liberal impulses. Failure to assess risk guarantees a business failure, while obsession with risks causes people to miss opportunities. Climbers are the same. The good climbers I know spend most of the climbing time laying in protection and carefully analyzing the route. The actual act of climbing is way out there, but getting good involves a mindset that can identify and prepare for the risks. There is a duality in the statement: "The climber approached the 5.11 route conservatively." I reject the notion that there is a foundational conflict between conservativism and progress, because a conservative assessment often allows a climber or business analyst to progress to a higher level. The ideas are complementary. If you don't mind, I will change the link back to the super hero tag. IMHO, Super hero references makes my blog list more compelling. Many people these days are hyper-sensitive about labels. I would think that a business analyst would spend their day balancing conservative and liberal impulses. Failure to assess risk guarantees a business failure, while obsession with risks causes people to miss opportunities.

Climbers are the same. The good climbers I know spend most of the climbing time laying in protection and carefully analyzing the route. The actual act of climbing is way out there, but getting good involves a mindset that can identify and prepare for the risks.

There is a duality in the statement: “The climber approached the 5.11 route conservatively.”

I reject the notion that there is a foundational conflict between conservativism and progress, because a conservative assessment often allows a climber or business analyst to progress to a higher level. The ideas are complementary.

If you don’t mind, I will change the link back to the super hero tag. IMHO, Super hero references makes my blog list more compelling.

]]> By: WasatchGirl http://www.wasatchgirl.com/2008/05/26/super-hero-life/#comment-128 WasatchGirl Wed, 28 May 2008 04:24:26 +0000 http://www.wasatchgirl.com/2008/05/26/super-hero-life/#comment-128 Kevin, Ah, thanks for the info. My google alerts picked it up once and then I could never find the listing again. I thought it referenced me as conservative, but mild manner is lovely as well. I really can be mild mannered with my nose ring in... I swear. =) I appreciate you listing my blog and will check out the site now that I have the link again. Thank you for commenting. Rachel Kevin,
Ah, thanks for the info. My google alerts picked it up once and then I could never find the listing again. I thought it referenced me as conservative, but mild manner is lovely as well. I really can be mild mannered with my nose ring in… I swear. =)

I appreciate you listing my blog and will check out the site now that I have the link again.
Thank you for commenting.
Rachel

]]> By: kd http://www.wasatchgirl.com/2008/05/26/super-hero-life/#comment-125 kd Tue, 27 May 2008 20:48:04 +0000 http://www.wasatchgirl.com/2008/05/26/super-hero-life/#comment-125 If you are talking about <a href="http://slsites.com" rel="nofollow">SLSites.com</a>, the description says "This is the blog for mild mannered analyst Rachel Strate who, on the weekends, becomes Wasatch Girl." It does not use the word "conservative," but does make a reference to the superhero status of a person who combines interests in business and climbing. If you want the listing removed or the description changed, you can use the contact screen. If you are talking about SLSites.com, the description says “This is the blog for mild mannered analyst Rachel Strate who, on the weekends, becomes Wasatch Girl.” It does not use the word “conservative,” but does make a reference to the superhero status of a person who combines interests in business and climbing. If you want the listing removed or the description changed, you can use the contact screen.

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