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Highly Recommended Inspirational, Motivational Article

Posted on May 15, 2011 by Bruce Keener

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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Making a Big Change with Baby Steps

Posted on January 20, 2011 by Bruce Keener

In a recent post, I talked about spending just five minutes on part of a dreaded activity as a way of ultimately getting the activity done. I decided to try a small change to help me break an addiction to … Continue reading →

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Brilliant Examples of Thinking Outside the Box

Posted on December 29, 2010 by Bruce Keener

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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The New Yorker on Procrastination

Posted on November 10, 2010 by Bruce Keener

The New Yorker has a very informative article on the growing problem of procrastination: Ainslie is probably right that procrastination is a basic human impulse, but anxiety about it as a serious problem seems to have emerged in the early … Continue reading →

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One Thing I Never Learn

Posted on November 6, 2010 by Bruce Keener

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

Posted on October 27, 2010 by Bruce Keener

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?

Posted on August 31, 2010 by Bruce Keener

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

Posted on August 9, 2010 by Bruce Keener

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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Techies, Passion, and Knowing What You Want

Posted on July 7, 2010 by Bruce Keener

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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If I Don’t Try, I Can’t Fail

Posted on June 18, 2010 by Bruce Keener

I’ve been trying to quit smoking for 3 months. No, I’ve been thinking about quitting smoking for 3 months. If I had really tried to quit, I would have done so. But I haven’t really tried because I have been … Continue reading →

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