Category: Practices
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Are you a Collector?
Collections. People have been collecting things since the beginning of time. Among the more familiar items that folks collect are coins, stamps, works of art, antiques, baseball cards, comic books, dolls to name a few. Whatever it is, collectors tend to have a passion for the things they collect, and their collections become part of…
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Are you a Polyglot?
Are you a polyglot? Only about 3% of the world’s population are polyglots. Which means they can speak 4 or more languages. A man by the name of Steve Kaufmann can speak 22 languages. At age 75 he is still learning new ones. Egyptian ruler Cleopatra is said to have spoken at least 9 languages.…
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Ran the 100-meter dash in 62.95 seconds.
The current world record for the 100-meter dash is 9.58 seconds set in 2009 by Jamaica’s Usain Bolt. Now, that’s fast! So, you are probably asking as you read the title of this week’s post, “What’s the big deal about running a 100-meter race in 62.95 seconds? After all that’s 6 1/2 times slower than…
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Relationship Precedes Task
Only in a Western work culture do we blow past relationships and go straight to the task and work at hand. In my overseas travels over the past 24 years, every culture I have encountered understands that relationship precedes task except in western culture and those countries who adopt the west’s work practices. During my…
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Build A Wall!
I hope the title of this post got your attention. I promise it’s not “click bait” I do want you to build a wall. Just not the one that probably came to mind when you read today’s title. This will not be a politically laced message about the need to protect U.S. borders and address…
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Beyond the triple filter test
In my last post I wrote about filters and in particular the need for language filters when it comes to our speech and what we write. The intent of the post was to challenge us to carefully filter the words that come out of our mouths, especially when it comes to not taking private and…
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Filters please, People!
On April 11th,1970 Apollo 13 launched for a manned space mission to the moon. Fifty-five hours into the journey an explosion ripped a hole into the side of the space craft. The mission went from landing on the moon, to a rescue mission to get the Apollo 13 crew home safely. Of the hundreds of…
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Connections and Community – they are not the same.
I admit it. I flinch and get a bit irate and frustrated when I hear people talk about or use the term “on-line community” I understand and acknowledge to an extent, that those making connections through social media platforms and are involved in forums where members have common interests or goals, like an affinity group…
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Pardon the Interruption
My oldest son C.J. and I meet each Tuesday for dinner and coffee. We usually eat at our favorite place to get Peruvian chicken and then after dinner, head a few doors down to a coffee shop in the same plaza. It’s a special time each week to spend father and son time together, talk…
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Don’t yell at the gift giver!
I recently celebrated my 69th birthday. My wife surprised me with an amazing gift. She spent three months researching and consulting with friends of ours to find the right one. On Saturday morning I was upstairs when she shouted, “Your birthday present is here.” I thought Amazon had delivered a package only to come downstairs and…
The Rest Stop 