Life

Changes

Wow, it’s been a very long time since I’ve posted. I’m not a fan of posting about why I haven’t been posting, but if you don’t tell, I won’t. A lot of changes going on in my life… Got a promotion at work (and an office, but everyone ignores the door being closed — I [...]

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The Most Important Question is Always “Why”

The most important question is always why. Why do you think that is? Picture a familiar scenario. Your young child asks one day… “Why did you marry Mommy?” “Because we love each other.” “But, why?” “Because we grew to care for each other.” “Why?” “We were attracted to each other…” “Why?” “…so we started to [...]

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The Real You

I find it fascinating, and at the same time a bit uncomfortable that we are never exactly who we think we are. Our personas shift slightly depending upon who we’re interfacing with at the time. Our core personalities remain, but different sides of ourselves come out when interacting with different people in our lives. There’s [...]

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Using the Same Bat Babe Ruth Used Won’t Make You Babe Ruth

My wife is a photographer, right on the cusp of going professional. People who are familiar with her work constantly turn to her for advice on photography and Photoshop. They want to know what tools she uses to get the results she gets, such as what lenses and Photoshop plug-ins to use. Often they end [...]

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Talking to Yourself

When I drive to and from work, I listen to podcasts. It makes the trip go faster, and allows me to focus on something other than the traffic. It also takes my mind off the day’s events if it was a rather difficult one. Quiet Time But sometimes I need to shut everything off and [...]

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Wanting to Do Everything

I’ve been sick on and off for the past few weeks. It reached a pinnacle last week when I inevitably came down with the flu. I hadn’t been this sick in a few years, and like many of us who’s experienced this, not being able to do anything towards my goals was driving me absolutely [...]

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2008: Starting the New Year Late Again

To kick off 2008, this post will be personal. Sort of a “get my bearings” post to start off on the right foot. You may want to skip reading this if you have something better to do, but it may spark some ideas for yourself. This post was long delayed. It’s been my longest writing [...]

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Self Taught

Scott H. Young is one of the wisest and most intelligent self-help writers I’ve read, and the fact that he just started college makes this even more impressive. It’ll be interesting to follow his writing as he matures, and to see how he reacts as he experiences life as an adult. I have a strong [...]

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Share Important Information with People Closest to You

It’s been a very bad week, which has been made much more difficult simply because of a lack of forethought that would have taken no more than 15 minutes to accomplish. A good friend and close business associate was seriously injured in an automobile accident the other day. He’s currently under a chemically induced coma, [...]

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Using the Calendar to Focus

The ability to focus is one of the most powerful habits that a person can establish. The reason people try so hard to get organized with to-do lists, GTD, etc., is because of the inherent need to free themselves up to focus on something important to accomplish. There’s a building frustration over the lack of [...]

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Touching Lives From a Distance

I’m sitting here at my computer, listening to the amazing new inspiring Angels and Airwaves album, digging through my backlog in Google Reader, and hit a 43 Folders post about Leslie Harpold, who died way too young at the age of 40 about a year ago. I had never heard of her before, but she [...]

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