Interview with the turtles

Friday, February 12th, 2010

Unlike me the turtles have become quite lazy except when they are begging for food.
With the snow this past week or so I have not made it out to the pet store so they have been stuck with the stick food and have not had any fish for a bit.
When they complained about it I [...]

7 Steps to a Spectacular 2010 — My Own Personal

Thursday, January 7th, 2010

Regular readers know that the Turtles are big fans of Marlon Sanders. With permission here is his latest newsletter that can really help you.

7 Steps to a Spectacular 2010 — My Own Personal Checklist You Can Steal
By Marlon Sanders
Ready or not, 2010 is here.
I want to lay out a checklist you can take to make [...]

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Tuesday, December 29th, 2009

The turtles have been very lazy of late. The colder weather has slowed them down considerably and accept when they got their Christmas gift of feeder fish they either camp out on te bottom of the tank or lay under the light.
The colder temperatures have really slowed them down and I am too cheap to [...]

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Friday, December 18th, 2009

Well the turtles have been quite lazy since the weather got cold. The tank temperature has dropped and at times they seem almost dormant.
About the only time they get revved up is when I add some feeder fish and all of a sudden the idea of live food gets their motors going.
Imagine my surprise when [...]

Are You Gonna Produce Or Are You Gonna Consume?

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009

The turtles are primarily consumers. They don’t produce much of value although they are quite good at turning food into something else and messing up the tank.
Watching their actions though does teach lessons and that allows me to produce good content here. This past week end I got my Saturday missive from Marlon Sanders, something [...]

Even I miss lessons from the turtles

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009

Last time I talked about how consistent the turtles are in re-arranging the tank no matter how often I reset it to my liking. In talking with a friend about that blog post, Joel Osborne, he brought up something I totally missed but was very true. Oh he has a great blog you should check [...]

Maintenance can be messy

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

Today I needed to replace some of the water in the turtle’s tank. Swap out about 10-12 gallons once a week to extend the time between the big water changes which takes half a day to totally empty and replace everything including setting up a different tank for the fish and turtles while I do [...]

Finding a mentor can really help

Wednesday, January 14th, 2009

Baby has found a mentor amongst the three other turtles. Gizmo has literally taken Baby under his wing and shows her the ropes.
Unfortunately I could not get a better picture of the two of them because Gizmo literally hides Baby under him when they are sitting on the dock.
These keeps the other big turtles from [...]

Focus is the key

Saturday, December 13th, 2008

Today I read a great article that reminded me of the turtles from Marlon Sanders. See the turtles become very focused when they want to move something as I have mentioned before. That is key and the following article from Marlon is a great review of two concepts.
Focus and perseverance.
Here’s Marlon
Are you gonna stay [...]