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Thursday, February 25th, 2010This reader was interested to know if people also took advantage of the fact that on Facebook you can delete your comments and posts, as well as other people’s comments and posts on your profile. I have on one occasion deleted a message someone posted to my profile. And I think I had a valid reason to do so…
Did You Un-Friend Me Because You Don’t Like Me Anymore?
Friday, February 19th, 2010With all the widgets and gadgets, plug-ins and add-ons, there is a tool to thwart just about any subterfuge. Not that dropping friends from your Facebook account is a reason for high treason, but still, it hurts.
Book Review: Super Freakonomics
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009In spite of the overly witty full title – Super Freakonomics Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance – the book is actually a fascinating tale of how economics plays into even the most bizarre areas of modern life.
Americans, Hoover Dam, and A Simple Question: How Did We Lose Our Way?
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009True, we have come a long way in the last 100 years. We enjoy more equality among the races and the sexes. We’ve contributed to great advancements in science and technology. We’re still more of a free country than most. We have cable TV, the Internet, endless ways to entertain ourselves. But, at the end of the day, where are we really? Does it mean anything anymore to be an “American?”
Kabul 24: A Story of Faith, Hope, Courage and Survival
Friday, October 16th, 2009We are desensitized thanks to sound bites and casualty statistics that have become mundane. We are jaded thanks to pundits with their own agendas. We are operating in an everyday reality that makes it impossible for us to understand what happened to the people in this story…until we read this book.
Boost Productivity, Enhance Creativity
Tuesday, October 13th, 2009Grounding yourself twice a day gives your mind a chance to catch up – if you practice this, I bet you’ll be more productive and more creative when you need to be.
Book Review: Fearless by Max Lucado
Tuesday, September 8th, 2009Freedom from fear is a liberation we all deserve – it is our God-given right. So even if you think you’re not afraid of anything, pick up a copy of Fearless: Imagine Your Life Without Fear by Max Lucado. You may not even realize that you’re afraid, or what your fear is doing to you and those around you.
Book Review: Power and Influence Through Storytelling in The Story Factor by Annette Simmons
Tuesday, September 1st, 2009Buy The Story FactorThe Story Factor (2nd Revised Edition) is recommended reading for anyone seeking to increase their power of influence in any situation. This book offers examples and instruction of how good storytellers develop and how we all have the potential to become one.
Whew! Just Found Out That It’s OK Get One Thing Done At A Time
Thursday, July 30th, 2009Just read this on the Copywriter Underground – Tom Chandler (who got it from someone else, but I think its OK to share a share…) and had to share with my fellow multi-taskers. “Multi” sometimes doesn’t even cover it. What’s a good word for doing a million things at once? Anyway, here’s the scoop:
Book Review: The Element – How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything by Ken Robinson
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009The first time I heard the phrase “in your element”, I was about 20 years old and visiting a history museum with my mom. At one point during our visit she turned to me and said, “You’re really in your element here.” At the time I just smiled and thought, “I wonder what she means by that?” Years later I am reading The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything by Ken Robinson and remembering that day – finally getting what my mom was trying to say to me. Pity I didn’t get it – and she didn’t elaborate then!
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