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The Importance of Mentoring and Counseling

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Bruce Keener

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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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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What Can You Learn from Google About Managing Your Time?

Posted on December 21, 2010 by Bruce Keener

Google has no doubt developed many time-saving techniques that helped thrust it into the lead position as a search engine. We could probably learn a great deal from these techniques. Maybe someday they can be persuaded to share some of … Continue reading →

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Reminder About Entrenched Thinking

Posted on November 24, 2010 by Bruce Keener

Science is the best tool we have for discovery and learning, because it encourages us to modify our theories when they don’t prove out. As with any human endeavor, though, science is imperfect. Lee Smolin gives a great example of … 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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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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Watch Out for Superficial Thinking

Posted on September 22, 2010 by Bruce Keener

Last week there were several articles on the big tech sites talking about how “the iPad is cannibalizing laptop sells.” I avoided most of the articles because (1) I could care less if the iPad impacts laptop sells and (2) … Continue reading →

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Links of Interest, 2010 Sep 12

Posted on September 12, 2010 by Bruce Keener

Here are links to some recent articles I found particularly interesting: TechCrunch on why Android is not working out to be as open as Google wanted. David Rock, author of Your Brain at Work, on how to have more insights. … 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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