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You Can Do It

If today’s economy and fast-pace are causing you to feel defeated, you need to think about this tweet from billionaire Mark Cuban: Mark didn’t make his book by selling books filled with New Age mantras on how to get rich. … Continue reading

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The Importance of Mentoring and Counseling

I suspect most of us would agree that only an idiot would say they see no value in receiving mentoring/counseling. So, we would have no qualms in recommending mentoring/counselors to our friends as an avenue for further growth. But, what … Continue reading

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Highly Recommended Inspirational, Motivational Article

Some of you may have wondered if I had croaked, given that it’s been a while since I have posted anything. No, I did have some health issues, along with some existential angst, and am still battling the latter. But … Continue reading

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Brilliant Examples of Thinking Outside the Box

Einstein once said that Imagination Is More Important Than Knowledge. He then went about proving it by completely re-imagining the concepts of space, time, gravity, matter, and energy. Of course, Einstein had a superior working knowledge of advanced mathematics and … Continue reading

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One Thing I Never Learn

Do you have lessons that you have to learn over and over in life? There are a few I keep relearning, and trying to internalize. One really stands out, though: that we really are mortal. I recently lost a friend … Continue reading

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Learn from Steve Jobs via John Sculley

Whether you like Steve Jobs or not, you do yourself a disservice if you are not open to learning from him. He took a company that was on the verge of going under, Apple, and catapulted it to overtake Microsoft … Continue reading

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Who Are Good Role Models for my Grandchildren?

My oldest grandson turned 14 yesterday, which got me wondering about who would be a good role model for him. I quickly realized that his sister and younger brother are growing up quickly, too, and wondered about role models for … Continue reading

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Productivity and Sheer Will

Entreprenuer Gary Vaynerchuk tweeted the following several months ago: Screw productivity and productivity products, I win with sheer will ….I know I am dumb In other words, he is saying he will not whittle away his life reading productivity blogs … Continue reading

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Paul Graham on Your Top Idea

Paul Graham has a nice write-up on the top idea in your mind. Here are a couple of paragraphs from the article: I think most people have one top idea in their mind at any given time. That’s the idea … Continue reading

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Techies, Passion, and Knowing What You Want

I enjoyed reading Tony Hsieh’s Delivering Happiness. It’s an informative and entertaining look at how Tony built Zappos.com and sold it to Amazon for an amazing 1.2 Billion Dollars. After reading through the book, I tried to analyze what it … Continue reading

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