It's about a cabin - or a "Hunting Castle" as my wife likes to call it.
What does this have to do with leadership strategies and computers? Well - if someone is to judge whether it is possible to have a socially independent, ecological home, who better than a techie?
Spending ever penny in the bank, we bought this without getting into debt. At all. This, by itself, was a first step that has long in the planning, and for which we have worked very hard. It was done this way for several reasons. First, it increases our independence and self reliance, hence enforces personal leadership. Second, it means we had to buy "bare bones", which in turn means we have greater freedom for our personal enhancements to the place. And third, it trained our patience.
It also has certain consequences. As I mentioned, being one of the cheaper houses we could buy means we have more work to do to get to the standard we want. This means further self training and self education. However, not being in debt also means that we can spend much more of our income to get to our goal faster. And indeed, there really aren't many excuses not to get things done anymore.
It will be an exciting new year!
