Riding the line between insanity and genius. Yee-Haw :)
I absolutely love to read, and I’ve read many hundreds if not thousands of books over the years. I’ve always believed that knowledge is power, especially in the world of business. Unfortunately, so many of the business books out there are antiquated, droll, and at this point in time utterly worthless. In case you haven’t …
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Yes, that is quite a bold statement, but that has been my opinion for quite some time, and from what I’ve been reading lately it’s dead on. It appears that neuroscience yet again supports my opinion, which makes me smile 🙂 Let us begin with the résumé. I’ve always been bothered by the fact that …
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Our culture seems to be attached to a great many worthless things, and the Olympics are no exception. Why do I think they are worthless? Hmm, let’s see…I can think of 5 good reasons: #1 – For starters, they are a ridiculous waste of resources. The Olympics cost billions of dollars to organize and host, …
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As far back as I can remember, I’ve always thought outside the box. In school, I would come up with new ways to solve problems, which pissed my teachers off constantly. I’ve always hated being told “just because”…to me those are the most closed-minded words on earth. Those words crush creativity and curiosity, and I …
Generation Y, also known as the Millennial Generation, is a term used to describe anyone born between approximately 1980 and the year 2000, plus or minus a few years at either end. And if there is one thing I’ve learned, it’s that few people outside of Gen Y really understand us. Understandable, since our views …
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What is Terrorism? The use of violence or fear to elicit a desired response. I well remember the morning of September 11th, 2001. I was on my way to Kenner’s Kolache Shop in Arlington, TX to get some kolaches for breakfast. I remember getting angry as I was driving there because there was no music …
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I love to learn new things, and have a variety of interests across the board. I have a personal library in excess of 5,000 books, spanning almost every genre, style and type of writing in existence. Even better, I have incredible retention, and can remember most of what I read, see or hear. I learn …
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So, I was going to write a post of my Top 10 movies, but I just couldn’t trim the list down to 10. I considered going up to 100, but I didn’t think anyone would actually read a list of 100 movies, so I trimmed it down to 25 30. Alas, while this list only …
I’ve been wanting to tackle this topic for a while, as it is one that really, really pisses me off. PETA giving a “humane fly trap” to President Obama was the last straw, motivating me to finally write this post. Let me just clamber up onto my soapbox…almost there…ok, here we go 🙂 I absolutely …
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There is a disturbing trend among employers that has been going on for some time. In the last 12 months, thanks to the recession, I have seen this trend steadily worsen, and I believe it is almost at critical mass…I’m referring to a trend I’ll call Retail-itis. Retail-itis happens when a business is vastly more …
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