Archive | June, 2009

23 June 2009 ~ Comments Off

that ‘naked’ feeling….

Yeah, no, that’s not a picture of me….  (thank you Google Images)
I left home this morning without my iPhone.  This is the first time since August 2005 that I have been without mobile connectivity, seriously.  I don’t really know what happened, how I could have had such a mental lapse.  I recognized my mistake [...]

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22 June 2009 ~ Comments Off

Whack the Mole!

Plan the Work and Whack the Mole!
“I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable” – Dwight D. Eisenhower
I am flummoxed at how businesses large and small do planning.  I have seen everything from fire, fire, fire to the most rigorous matrixed multi-faceted linked excel workbooks with circles and arrows.
So, what constitutes [...]

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16 June 2009 ~ 1 Comment

not exactly a book report

This is not exactly a book report. My 21 year-old son was recently assaulted and is suffering from head trauma (showing miraculous signs of recovery), and along the way a friend gave me Jill Bolte Taylor’s book, My Stroke of Insight. (http://www.amazon.com/My-Stroke-Insight-Scientists-Personal/dp/0452295548/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1245162989&sr=8-1)

Well, ok but what does this have to do with doing better [...]

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