@Online HOmeschooler: Nice comment, I tend to agree with you, when you enjoy doing something it you seem to work harder and put more effort into it. Is this possibly just human nature?

P.S I took the liberty of removing your first comment, I hope that’s ok? Also, I have fixed the problem you were experiencing, you can now write as much as you want without losing sight of the text! Sorry about that one

I run a small online education company. I am supposed to audit/analyse the finances every month (to make sure all is healthy and squeeky clean), to review my staff each quarter, to do detailed plans and follow them, to measure progress against schedules, and other vital managerial stuff.

In reality, that all gets little attention. I tend to burn thru my days (and nights) working on new lessons,refining graphics and audio, exploring the technology & seo world, discussing theories of education with other nutcases/visionaries, or otherwise pursuing projects only vaguely related to my responsbilities.

Bottom line: Passion versus responsibility. But, before you oversimplify the lesson, let me add that my company is doing well, I indulge myself. If I was only scraping by and scared of $$$ problems, I’d be a lot more responsible.

(Sorry for submitting this twice but your template/my computer meant that the text that I was typing was not visible so I trusted my typing and unedited writing. Big mistake This second draft went thru notepad first. BTW, I think it’s your template that is creating this problem.)