{"id":712,"date":"2009-01-14T20:23:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-15T03:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/word-of-the-day-positioning\/"},"modified":"2016-06-28T17:54:18","modified_gmt":"2016-06-29T00:54:18","slug":"word-of-the-day-positioning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/word-of-the-day-positioning\/","title":{"rendered":"Word of the Day: Positioning"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span class=874241820-14012009><font face=Georgia size=2>This sounds like a  marketing word or part of business negotiations.<\/font><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=874241820-14012009><font face=Georgia  size=2><\/font><\/span>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span class=874241820-14012009><font face=Georgia size=2>The image that  came to my mind, and is in the description in the book, is that of a heron  standing in water. I really feel an affinity for these large water  birds.<\/font><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=874241820-14012009><font face=Georgia  size=2><\/font><\/span>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span class=874241820-14012009><font face=Georgia size=2>&#8220;Actions in life  can be reduced to two factors: positioning and timing.&nbsp;If we are not in the  right place at the right time, we cannot possibly take advantage of what life  has to offer us. &#8230;When life presents an opportunity we must be ready to seize  it without hesitation or inhibition. Position is useless without awareness. If  we have both, we make no mistakes.&#8221;<\/font><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=874241820-14012009><font face=Georgia  size=2><\/font><\/span>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span class=874241820-14012009><font face=Georgia size=2>In quiltmaking, we  have to look for opportunities to learn. If a teacher comes to town,&nbsp;I need  to take advantge of the opportunity to learn from that person. If someone is  available to assist me with a problem, I should take the time to work with  them.<\/font><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This sounds like a marketing word or part of business negotiations. &nbsp; The image that came to my mind, and is in the description in the book, is that of a heron standing in water. I really feel an affinity for these large water birds. &nbsp; &#8220;Actions in life can be reduced to two factors: &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/word-of-the-day-positioning\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Word of the Day: Positioning&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[389],"tags":[311,347],"class_list":["post-712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-389","tag-creativity","tag-word-of-the-day"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/712\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}