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5 Rules for My Son

August 3, 2010 · 1 comment

You probably know about 1001 Rules for My Unborn Son. If you don’t, then you should check it out. It’s a book now, and is full of great one liners. Well, as a father, this kind of thing resonates with me. As a father, I’ve also had to look at myself through different eyes. So [...]

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About Heroes

April 21, 2010 · 0 comments

My heroes have always been cowboys, and they still are it seems. – Willie Nelson Whether we realize it or not, most of us have heroes. They might be relatives, famous athletes, or great leaders. But we all have people we admire for their achievements or their resolve or their example. The thing about having [...]

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Paying Your Dues

April 12, 2010 · 0 comments

Don’t hate the player, hate the game – Ice-T. It’s easy to hate the rules. And it’s even easier to tell everyone what’s wrong with them. What isn’t easy is getting everybody to listen to you. And that’s because it’s so easy to find fault with something. What’s not easy is coming up with solutions [...]

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Hearing Voices

April 6, 2010 · 2 comments

One ought to hold on to one’s heart;for if one lets go, one soon loses control of the head too. – Friedrich Nietzsche This is what I want you do to. The next time you’re at the office, I want you to stop listen in on your colleagues. I want you to eavesdrop on a [...]

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You Are What You Do

August 28, 2009 · 2 comments

The Japanese have a saying: “A man is whatever room he is in.” – Burt Cooper, Mad Men The average American sleeps about 7 hours a night. That leaves them 17 hours in a day. Now, if ‘re not a workaholic or don’t put in a lot of overtime, you probably spend about 8-1/2 hours [...]

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Corporate Culture Shock

August 26, 2009 · 3 comments

We are all raised in a different family with slightly different definitions of every word. – Lulu Lemon Manifesto After a week of soul searching I’m settling into some new digs and a new role. And you know, the funny thing about corporate culture is that starting somewhere new is a lot like moving to [...]

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A Week Offline

August 24, 2009 · 0 comments

A little while back, Nicholas Carr wrote “Mass media reaches its natural end-state when we broadcast our lives rather than live them.” But what happens when we have nothing left that really worth broadcast? What happens when we’ve been broadcasting our lives for so long, that we haven’t lived anything worth broadcasting? I’ve spent the [...]

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Lamb Book Review

February 15, 2009 · 1 comment

So I just finished reading Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal, by Christopher Moore. Sharing a name with the author was a very large part of how I ended up with the CT Moore moniker. In fact, it’s also part of the reason I put off reading the book for so long. [...]

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