digital spaghetti : sandra dartnell : #geekmentalhelp
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Sandra was achieving masses and nothing. This is a talk about struggling to find the right personal direction when all you feel is overwhelmed. Shared as part of #geekmentalhelp week Listen to the audio and hear other speakers http://mentalhelp.mkgeeknight.co.uk/#SandraTRANSCRIPT
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My state of mind is restless
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How to do a great job and go home on time
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My break point is too much pressure
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The pressure is often myself
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I always want things to be _useful _engaging _remarkable
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It might surprise you to know I’m a project manager _or a producer _a consultant _either way I make things happen
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I’ve been doing it since 1999 It’s a lot of fun
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But it’s also a lot of pressure
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Never enough time
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Always a new approach things to learn
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That’s fine apply constraints and shape
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But sometimes the pressure is excessive
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You can’t do a great job and go home on time
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You can’t do a great job at all
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The demands are beyond your time and capacity
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You have a massive feeling of lack of control
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You know there is other, better but you are stuck
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You should wonder _how you got yourself into this _how to get yourself out
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But you are exhausted
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Mostly you _cope _and you breakdown _and you cope
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2004 - 2007 _growth _opportunity _mid to upper
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2004 - 2007 _first producer _first head of production _lots of great people _lots of great projects
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Juggler extraordinaire
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Capable isn’t the same as able
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Capable isn’t the same as able
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Use your brain to beat panic and anxiety (John Illman)
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Time & Mo<on Redefining the Working Life at FACT
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Ivan is regarded as a safe pair of hands.
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There is a pressure in being a safe pair of hands
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People are used to your consistency
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You are used to your consistency
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You are offered great opportunities It’s hard to walk away
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As Head of Production I was responsible for
the management and development of producers/project managers; defining and maintaining production processes; initiated projects; advised on approach to budget, process, team and structure of key account projects for others; reported to the founders; led regular management updates and production meetings; interviewed prospects
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As Senior Interactive Producer I
responded to communication briefs with strategy; negotiated scope; defined interactive briefs; maintained project vision; defined the approach to process, team, and structure of projects; managed budget, risk, testing, delivery and handover; created information architecture; responsible for key accounts and development of new business opportunities; sourced and
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Everything strong becomes weak when it’s spread too thin
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When the demands are beyond your time and capacity
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Enabler becomes bottle-neck
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Signs? we were all working at high speed
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Create opportunity in the environment Find opportunity in a new environment
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Run projects Help people run projects
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Have an exit “I won’t be doing a fourth year”
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Have time to think
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Break the routine
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Reconnect with the joy outside the window
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Speak to a doctor _be signed-off _discuss feelings _be exposed to options
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What did I want? _be close to the projects _have focus _have an outcome, an end point
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Reframe the challenge _physical _more local _closer to the origin
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Go back to work _apply some perspective _obtain some flexibility _work on the next step
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The pressure is often myself
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The difference between capable and able is opportunity
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Saying No is a good thing
hGp://vimeo.com/53155584
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There is more than one way up
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I like living with complexity
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I do need time to think
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Can I do it? Can I do it with enough time to think?
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Shaun Tan – The Red Tree http://www.shauntan.net/
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Lee Maudsley http://www.leemawdsley.co.uk/index.php?/archive-3/high-speed/
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Ed J Brown http://edjbrown.com/
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