--- title: "Five Recent Resonations" id: "1429" type: "post" slug: "5-recent-resonations-3" published_at: "2010-08-26T15:00:54+00:00" modified_at: "2014-04-12T20:30:58+00:00" url: "https://johnpoelstra.com/5-recent-resonations-3/" markdown_url: "https://johnpoelstra.com/5-recent-resonations-3.md" excerpt: "White Space by Robin Johnson-Simpson–Looking forward to a week of white space at a cabin on a lake without the internet or cell coverage. How to Not Really Win an Argument by Donald Miller–Excellent advice for some of the “discussions”......" taxonomy_category: - "Software & Technology" taxonomy_post_tag: - "Fedora" --- [Skip to the content](#site-content) [John Poelstra](https://johnpoelstra.com) ### Bringing order to chaos and clarity to confusion - [One Conversation](https://johnpoelstra.com/) - [Podcast](https://johnpoelstra.com/category/podcast/) - [Coaching for Directors](https://johnpoelstra.com/coach/) - [About](https://johnpoelstra.com/about/) Toggle search field - [One Conversation](https://johnpoelstra.com/) - [Podcast](https://johnpoelstra.com/category/podcast/) - [Coaching for Directors](https://johnpoelstra.com/coach/) - [About](https://johnpoelstra.com/about/) # [Five Recent Resonations](https://johnpoelstra.com/5-recent-resonations-3/) [White Space](http://frustratedfarmgirl.wordpress.com/2010/06/28/white-space/) by Robin Johnson-Simpson–Looking forward to a week of *white space* at a cabin on a lake without the internet or cell coverage. [How to Not Really Win an Argument](http://donmilleris.com/2010/05/04/how-to-not-really-win-an-argument/) by Donald Miller–Excellent advice for some of the “discussions” on the [Fedora development list.](https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel) [How and When to Motivate Yourself](http://blogs.hbr.org/bregman/2010/05/how-and-when-to-motivate-yours.html) by Peter Bregman–“What’s important is that your moment of choice is when you are in the right state of mind — when you need the least willpower — to make the best decision.” [4 Ways Not to be a Doormat](http://webworkerdaily.com/2010/05/20/4-ways-not-to-be-a-doormat) by Amber Singleton Riviere–Whether you have your own business, work for someone else, or invest your time in an open source project, these are great points to keep in mind. [Competition](http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2010/08/competition.html) by Seth Godin–Just because someone is already doing it doesn’t mean you shouldn’t do it too. *[Five Recent Resonations](https://johnpoelstra.com/category/resonations/) is a periodic post with five pieces of media that resonated with [me](https://johnpoelstra.com/about) .* #### John Poelstra John Poelstra, CPA, coaches directors in finance and software. Certified and trained by the Co-Active Training Institute, he has coached for more than 10 years, with over 520 clients and 3,150 sessions, including people at well-known Fortune 100 companies. In over 30 years of professional experience, he spent 25 in technology and finance: software testing, project management and team leadership at Red Hat and Dell/EMC, and finance as a bank auditor at Wells Fargo and a CPA at Grant Thornton. He hosts The John Poelstra Show podcast and is based in Portland, Oregon. [Author archive](https://johnpoelstra.com/author/john-poelstra/) [Author website](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-john-poelstra-show/id1130635146) August 26, 2010 [Software & Technology](https://johnpoelstra.com/category/software/) [Fedora](https://johnpoelstra.com/tag/fedora/) [Previous post](https://johnpoelstra.com/5-recent-resonations-2/) [Next post](https://johnpoelstra.com/the-conference-call-weve-all-been-on/) ## 2 Comments ## [Add yours](#respond) 1. [Matt Zimmerman](http://mdzlog.alcor.net/) [September 10, 2010 at 3:16 am](https://johnpoelstra.com/5-recent-resonations-3/#comment-323) [Reply](#comment-323) Thanks for the links. If you share readings on Google Reader, delicious or similar, send me a link to your feed. [Reply](#comment-323) - [John Poelstra](http://johnpoelstra.com/) [September 18, 2010 at 11:02 am](https://johnpoelstra.com/5-recent-resonations-3/#comment-324) [Reply](#comment-324) You’re welcome. 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