February 2010

Everything on the internet is free

February 19, 2010

Nearly everything I use online is free. My email, the software that runs my blog and most of the websites I visit. Most people will tell you that this is how the internet should remain. Bullshit. Nothing online is free. Every blog costs time, every app costs money and every program is created by someone [...]

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Are you exceptional?

February 18, 2010

Most people don’t know what exceptional is. Anything not terrible is good, and anything slightly better is exceptional. That’s crap and you know it. Take Turf, here in Phoenix. It’s a subarbanized Irish-themed (no, not Irish) bar just north of the downtown ASU campus. Their beer selection is decent, their prices fair and their food [...]

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The Little Things

February 17, 2010

It’s always the little things. Small tasks left undone, chinks in our armor or additives we in what we eat. They add up. Looked at a food label lately? The prevalence of high-fructose corn syrup and its derivatives slowly add up. There’s nothing nutritional about it, but it makes processed food taste better and last [...]

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Show your mistakes

February 16, 2010

We all want to look good. We want to bring our best work, display our best talents and show our best side. And that’s great. It’s good that we want those around us to see us at our best. People can learn and be inspired. But we’re selling everyone short. People can learn from our [...]

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Accept, Change, Ignore

February 15, 2010

No matter what happens, we are always faced with the same three choices. We can accept, we can change or we can ignore. Accept is an easy one and often chosen, but it seldom does much good. If someone calls you an asshole, you can either take it or fight it. If you ARE an [...]

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All you need is love

February 14, 2010

It doesn’t have to be perfect, it’s doesn’t have to be pricey and it doesn’t have to be grand. It just has to come from the heart. Valentine’s Day isn’t a day for lovers, it’s a day for love. It’s a day for loving what you do, loving who you’re with and loving the way [...]

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Inspiring others

February 13, 2010

It’s not every day you can inspire those who inspire you. Ty, This is a very remarkable book. It is slow reading but well worth it. It sure makes you think a lot about the past and the future for each of us. love dad I can see why you were so excited about this [...]

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Being your best

February 12, 2010

We only run our fastest when we quit worrying about how to stop. We do our best when we quit worrying about how not to. We’ll never do our best if we keep ourselves under control, if we never compete against those greater than us, or we’re never in over our head. Doing our best [...]

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Creativity: process AND habit

February 11, 2010

We were all creative once. We did things without asking, we colored outside the lines and we wrote paragraphs that rhymed. We did these acts instinctively. We did them out of habit. And then, somewhere along the way, we were taught another way. We were told to follow someone else’s rules. So we grew up [...]

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The “InsertNameHere” Problem

February 10, 2010

Every company, group or team has one. It’s usually a person, but sometimes a process, but the issue is the same. They cause problems. Not normal problems, like breaking machinery or poor work, but problems like challenging authority, refusal to follow arcane rules and a general unwillingness to participate in inefficient or pointless work. But [...]

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