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Fair warning: This is going to be a short rant about assumptions people make pertaining to age. Just recently I…
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This entry is a combination of an updated version of two blogs I wrote about 15 years ago. They have…
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Throughout the course of my law enforcement career it has constantly caught my attention how many of my fellow officers…
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Ah, it’s that time of year. For the past week people have been building up to and celebrating Christmas. For…
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A great many people believe that motivation and discipline are the same things. In reality they are drastically different. Motivation…
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I know that we all have heard these three rules before, but it seems like every time they pop up…
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This morning, as happens all too often, I saw a social media post that argued planning over improvisation or “winging…
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While I’m going to use examples from my childhood and that of my children, this article does not apply only…
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I came to a realization this morning. It may not have been a big one, but it struck me as…
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One really spectacular benefit of social media is that it allows you to follow those you choose, ignore those you…
Continue ReadingBe Thankful for the Darkness
There’s an old joke about how some people are so stupid they would bang on their hand with a hammer…
Continue ReadingThe 12 Best Life Hacks
In today’s computer age, days where you can’t look around without seeing someone on their “smart” phone, and times of…
Continue ReadingWhat Qualifies Me?
So, I received a private message on Facebook from a gentleman asking, “What qualifies you to give advice on life…
Continue Reading2018 New Year Resolutions
Near the end of every calendar year… or in the first few days of a new year… huge numbers of…
Continue ReadingLife’s Simplest Lessons
Recently I saw an image through the wizardry of social media and, after having read through it, thought about just…
Continue ReadingDefining You
As happens all too often in my household, my son asked me a question that forced me to carefully think…
Continue ReadingThe Butterfly Affect in Life
Plenty has been written about “the butterfly effect.” Whole movies have been made about it from dramas about how minor…
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