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Category Archives: Thoughts
Standing On The Shoulders Of Those Who Came Before
As I was walking to catch the bus, it struck me just how much that surrounds us we take for granted. Things that seem so obvious too us they simply blend into the background. We get in our cars, drive … Continue reading
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State of Energy & Change
You’re taking a pleasantly hot afternoon stroll with a little time on your hands, and you come across a table with a couple of people offering you a free beverage if you’re willing to help them out with a small … Continue reading
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Where Chocolate Goes to Die
Perhaps no one is like my wife and me, but we have a place in our pantry where chocolate goes to die. Actually, for quite some time, we had a place where all snack food would go to die. We … Continue reading
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You Can’t Think Your Way Out
You’ve come down with a serious cold. You feel miserable. You start trying to figure out who or what gave you this cold: Was it not washing your hands after that bus ride? Was it that guy that coughed on … Continue reading
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The Fear of the Remembered
It’s amazing to me how many people worriedly ask me about the safety of our living in Mexico. Yes, Mexico has lots of news of drug wars, kidnapping and murders. Each of these events is tragic as well as memorable. … Continue reading
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Life By Autopilot
We live in a highly complex world but with a very limited amount of focus. This limits the amount of conscious decisions we make. The rest of our life runs in autopilot: we decide not to decide. This, as it … Continue reading
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Scripting Life
Have you ever considered how the various roles in your life mimic a screenplay? A friend of mine is teaching me his method for Designing a Balanced Life. This week, we discussed the roles that each of us play in … Continue reading
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When Your Brain Fails – Nodding Off
Yesterday late in the afternoon, I was providing a demo of our product in a warm conference room. The person I was showing it to started nodding off. Now this wasn’t a case where there were a lot of people, … Continue reading
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The Difficulty of Imagining Other’s Perspective
In spite of an overwhelming group of people communicating their personal perspective on the internet, it still remains nearly impossible for us to understand how others see the world. We experience our lives in vivid 3D with a depth of … Continue reading
Serendipity, Making Friends and Marketing Adages
“I know I’m wasting half of my marketing budget, I just don’t know which half” – Old Marketing Adage Over the last several years, we moved to several different locations throughout the world. While we obviously enjoy the adventure of … Continue reading
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