This is one of those posts where I’m lecturing myself. Maybe some of you will also benefit from listening to me fuss at myself.
There was a time when I took vacations. Real vacations. I would disconnect from my normal environment, relax, and get a totally fresh perspective.
I don’t do that anymore. Of all ridiculous things, [...]
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Perspective
One evening last week I was glancing through my Twitter stream and noticed what seemed like the umpteenth GTD-related tweet by a popular blogger. I pictured myself reaching through the web, grabbing him by the collar, and saying
What is wrong with you, fella?
Is that all you can do is parrot another man’s thoughts?
Don’t you know [...]
My late wife, Vickie Keener, would have been 60 years old today. She’s been gone almost 7 years, having died about a month after turning 53.
Of course you’ve already seen plenty of evidence that life is short. So, you don’t need me to remind you of that.
Rather, just as I did with my post of [...]
I’ve been thinking about this topic for a few months, and was going to go in-depth into it. But, on reflection, I think I’ll just paint some broad strokes for your reflection. My objective, of course, is to raise this issue so you can consider whether it has relevance in your life.
As an example of [...]
I’ve heard the expression “peeling the onion” twice in the past couple of weeks. One was during a Law & Order TV episode, in which there was a discussion of peeling the onion back farther to reveal a deeper underlying cause, instead of just the surface cause. The other time was when a friend was [...]
