Blogging… The Things We Put First 11 Jan 2011 “You always have time for the things you put first.” -- Wish I had the source. Do you know? Sometimes it’s almost midnight, you have seven tasks to finish…
Books… “The Power of Receiving” 10 Jan 201116 Mar 2011 "Doesn’t it make sense that if you want something—whether to meet the love of your life, get a great job or increase your financial stability—you need to know how to…
Change the World… Friday Flick: Arianna Huffington on the Secret to Success 7 Jan 20116 Jan 2011 If Arianna has time for this success secret, what's the matter with the rest of us?
Business Communications… Dinnertime “Stop, Drop, and Roll” 5 Jan 20115 Jan 2011 No, it wasn't a kitchen fire. One of my favorite comedians—though he’s clearly an elementary school boy—was checked by his much older brother with “Stop, Drop [the topic], and Roll”—to…
Business… What Makes Me Smile 4 Jan 20113 Jan 2011 This passage shared in one of my end-of-the-year posts a couple years ago still makes me smile: I always knew that one day I would take this road but Yesterday…
Change the World… Give God some credit 2 Jan 20112 Jan 2011 When Scott Burkun (WordPress's PostADay2011 coordinator) asked, "Who deserves more credit?" I first thought of teachers--those who taught me, those who help me educate my sons, and those who try…
Collaboration… Not a Poem a Day 1 Jan 20116 Jan 2011 “It isn’t every day that the world arranges itself into a poem.” — Wallace Stevens Wally must have been as disappointed about that as I am. Maybe every day a…
Change the World… Friday Flick: The Train of Thought 31 Dec 201027 Jan 2011 Enjoy a mini writer's retreat experience with author and--I think you could call her a creative activist--Amy Krouse Rosenthal. Her Mission Amy KR #48: "Invite strangers to meet at the…
Business Communications… Writing pain is not forever 30 Dec 20101 Jan 2011 Rocket scientist Joe Williams has this to say about high school writing: "Frankly, I hated it. I found it so formulaic and forced and stifling that I hated it with…
Brain… Want to be smarter this decade? 29 Dec 201029 Dec 2010 As a child, I often heard that brain cells did not replace themselves, that intelligence was a matter of genetics, that you couldn't teach old dogs new tricks, and that…
Change the World… Matching Opposites 13 Dec 201029 Dec 2010 I know a beautiful woman, one of the last victims of polio, who ended up with one foot two sizes smaller than the other. So whenever she buys shoes, she…
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