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You’ve heard the saying… “a friend in need is a friend indeed.” It’s meant to put a sarcastic spin on the idea that friends will call you for help, but ONLY call when they need help. Now the definition of the word “friend” has been stretched even more broadly by Facebook to include people you…
DetailsWhen you ask co-workers to turn on webcams during an online meeting, some will say “Sure!” and appreciate the social connectedness it brings. Some will reject it faster than a bushman afraid of losing his soul. Everyone wants to look their best at work, but why is webcam video so different than a face to…
Details“Are we there yet? Are we there yet?” “Settle down kids, we’re half way there,” my dad reassured us on the long drive to Grandma’s house. We settled back in the big black vinyl seat with our comic books and toys. There was something comforting about “half way there.” It showed we were really making…
DetailsI’ve found a secret formula for success that may surprise you with its simplicity. In the last 18 months, I used this formula to lose 25 pounds in 60 days, climb a mountain, run a half-marathon and write a book… without quitting my day job. Here it is: Make a decision Make it public Make…
DetailsIt’s true that clues to someone’s character can be found in the way they treat others. I wrote a story in August, 2009 about a homeless kid I met on a train. It seemed like a small thing to me at the time, but it ended up being the most read and passed along blog post of that year. …
DetailsI love the show Man vs Wild. The extreme host, Bear Grylls, gets dropped into some desert, jungle or icy mountain range in each episode and shows us on video that survival is not pretty. This includes squeezing moisture from elephant dung, swimming in a peat bog and climbing trees with your shoelaces. I had…
DetailsHow do you get from “I think” to “I believe” to “I know”? (For my Texas friends… from “I reckon” to “I’m fixin” to “I done did it”?) I’m talking about really big goals, like running a marathon or defeating a life-threatening disease. For an achievement so huge, it takes a tremendous physical effort and…
DetailsI remember back when my wife and I bought a new sectional couch for our first home, a condo in Tustin, CA. We were so excited when it arrived, but soon realized we hadn’t really planned for what to do with the old couch. We could put an ad in the paper or try to…
DetailsHave you ever told your team “OK let’s brainstorm…” and then the free flow of great ideas didn’t exactly flow? Maybe the environment or timing was not quite right. Maybe the presence of executives made it too risky to share freely. Maybe you just needed a good dose of the Gilligan Effect. There’s a good chance…
DetailsSummertime in the 70’s offered a kid several advantages over kids growing up today. You could ride your bike anywhere you wanted to, stay out all day, and blow stuff up with fireworks. Oh yeah, they were legal. Someone’s older brother always had access to cherry bombs, roman candles and bottle rockets, and we would…
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