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Is life a circle? Or is it a line? Does it matter? Why even think about it? Just recently I…
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As this is being written, the author is sitting comfortably inside on a Sunday morning. It’s 85F outside but about…
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Why would anyone want to learn anything from Jeff Bezos? Who is this guy and what makes his leadership lessons…
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Most of my readership knows I’ve written before about how age is simply a number. All too often people seem…
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You know (literally, many of you know) I love to write. Even as a young boy in my preteen years…
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Or not private enough? “Don’t air your dirty laundry in public.” It’s an old and wise saying. When there are…
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It may seem an odd lead-in but it’s appropriate and if you read along I think you’ll understand why. The…
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Not that long ago I had an experience that made me think about the difference between “being insulted” and “being…
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“What follows ‘I am’ is far more important than what follows ‘You are’.” I put that quote up on Facebook…
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Keep in mind that it’s Christmas Eve as I type this… This morning as I drank my coffee, sitting at…
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Welcome to the end of another year (or close to it). As we approach the New Year, lots of people…
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I have heard so many jokes about why you shouldn’t piss off an author. Everything from, “because they’ll write you…
Continue ReadingLife Is THE Final Exam
Do you remember… that kid in school that always wanted to sit next to you so he could copy your…
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As I think a great many people do nearly every day now, I was surfing through some social media posts…
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