Creativity

Creativity, originally uploaded by ben.obrien.

What do you do be creative? What conditions are the best for you?

If you had a pile of shells what conditions would put you in the right
mindset to make a masterpiece? For me I need to have confidence and no
fear of failure.

I call this "what the fetch".

Rotational Program (GOLD)

Rotational Program (GOLD), originally uploaded by ben.obrien.

As a participant in th Global Operations Leadership Development
program at Avery Dennison I get the opportunity to work and live in
different locations each year for three years. I am very happy with
this, but it has it's ups and downs for sure.

It is great to live in and engulf myself in different cultures and
friendship circles. But it sure is tough leaving. My wonderful friends
at the strongsville site had a party for me leaving and to my surprise
they did it before I left :) and provided this cake. It shows a
grasshopper on it's way to south Carolina. They called me grasshopper
because I was just begining to learn things like on the tv show Kung Fu.

As I start here not knowing people very well I wonder what our
relationship will be like in a year.

It's exciting to have control over what that will look like here. I
hope I will make it the best it can be.

-Ben

My new pad in Columbia

My new pad in Columbia, originally uploaded by ben.obrien.

Here are a few pics of my new place in SC. I'm calling it the
penthouse. I like it but I don't know what the fireplace is for it's
100degrees everyday!! (I'm told it actually does snow-every couple
years).

I had a very southern experience for lunch today. A nice co-worker
exhibited some southern hospitality and gave me a couple firsts that
are truely southern. She gave me some of her sweet potato pie and
some fried chicken from Bojangles (a fast food chicken place that is
everywhere). Both were delicious, but I think I Covered my fried fat
intake for the week).