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Intro song: (Modified) “Prison Song” by System of a Down.
Podcast E2 Blacksmith Idiom 1 Too many Irons in the fire
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Blacksmithing Idioms – Too many Irons in the fire.
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Intro to Ep- This weeks episode is about…
Blacksmith idiums.
Why? Why Anvil?
* So many parallels to men, and God
* Blacksmiths as God/Pastors/Influential men
* Men as Iron/Steel- can be insanely useful, but can also rust.
* Forge, Hammer, Carbon, Armory
* Anvil is a tool that is an immovable object to create just about anything out of iron/steel. It is made for heavy work in turning ore into something useful.
* God, creation of man out of dust.
* Point- We were made from nothing. Only with God are we anything.
* Like raw ore/iron is nothing without the blacksmith.
* Intense heat, pressure, pounding. Need a Blacksmith, Forge, Hammer, Carbon, Armory. Need the Anvil.
So with that lets get into it…
Topic-
Too many Irons in the Fire.
The risks of multitasking.
When Forging – heat, hammer, repeat. Likely to miss an opportunity to get the work done, or ruin the iron, and the project. The result is catastrophic for all the irons in the fire, and the piece of work that you may be working on that is not in the fire.
When forging something – HARD WORK. Pounding steel into a meaningful shape.
With too many irons in the fire, and taking on too much at once you sacrifice all of the work. No matter where you are in the process of the work.
Practically what this means for us is taking on too many projects. They become distractions if we cannot actually multi-task them.
Multi-tasking- Is a learned skill. Women are better? Nope. Hunter/Gatherer. Hunting. Sports. Work.
*Cell phone driving rant.
It has to be learned as one activity.
One of the keys to multi tasking is knowing which single task is the most important at that moment, then being able to switch quickly as others become a priority.
After marriage Heli school- Learning to fly.
Basic Controls-
Pedals- yaw
Cyclic- directional movement
Collective- vertical movement
Throttle- Engine RPM
Gauges-
ASI- air speed
Altimeter – height
VSI- rate of ascent/decent
Attitude Indicator
Compass
Turn Indicator – Specific angle to turn and trim
Manifold pressure- How hard the engine is working. Strain
Engine and rotor RPM
Clock, Radio, communication and coordination with ATC, other air craft, Rules and restrictions, changing frequencies through airspace, birds, towers, wires, weather, pressures and temps. Always have a safe place to land.
Learn by taking one piece at a time. Learn it, then learn the next. Then combine them. Eventually you learn to do it all together.
It becomes not that big of a deal because you know what to look for when evaluating what needs top priority. Because of your EXPERIENCE.
The idium Too many irons in the fire is not really about having too many in there,