Imagine facing a line of 100 people. They are nice enough, but you don’t know any of them. Your job is to get one of them to say ‘Yes’ to…
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One of the things I love…
There are plenty of reasons to get into real estate. Learning is one of the things that surprised me. I figured that there was a lot to learn (and there…
Read moreListening to Music
One of life’s pleasures. To hear real talent. I’ve had the pleasure of hosting some house concerts in my home and I love it. It’s lots of work and lots…
Read moreI’m grateful for Tom
I was excited. Right now, I don’t remember why, but Tom made me see what I’d done in a completely different way. Since then, I have approached every thing I’ve…
Read moreAlliance for Responsible Citizenship
“I think what we need to do is to unpack what we mean by the great values… human dignity, truth, freedom, justice, peace, covenant… and we must unpack each of…
Read moreLies I Taught in Medical School
Well, not me but Dr. Robert Lufkin. I just started reading this book but suspected that this is true for a while. I have been following Vinnie Tortorich and others…
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“When you wake up in the morning, tell yourself: The people I deal with today will be meddling, ungrateful, arrogant, dishonest, jealous and surly… None of them can hurt me.…
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Creative. We are all creative but where does that creativity come from? Where do ideas come from? One of the places I found solutions to tough software problems was the…
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Writing is the ‘doing’ part of thinking. “If you’re thinking without writing, you only think you’re thinking”. Leslie Lamport I value writing. I use Obsidian to take notes and maybe…
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Keeping track. We all try to keep track. Track of what we own. Track of what we owe. I saw a show where one of the characters kept a notebook…
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