A personal notebook
Thoughts, notes, and ideas.
Writing about whatever I’m trying to understand.
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To Do Items
There is a list of stuff in my life that I am interested in doing, actually seem worthwhile, but aren’t time sensitive. Stephen Covey calls these Quandrant 2 things… Things that if I did…
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My Vote Is… We’re Already In A Civil War
I’ve been saying over and over again how I think we are headed for civil war in Iraq. I realized that we’ve been in the middle of one for some time: Civil war –…
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My Perfect Day
Someone recently suggested I write down my perfect day. That seems tricky to me because I can imagine many perfect days. Watching movies and playing video games all day. I suspect I would try…
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Protected: Hot Or Not
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I’m Grateful For Rocky
Today, I’m particularly grateful for Rocky from a strategic perspective. So often, she sees things incredibly clearly. She listens more clearly than I ever can. She is a personality at a meeting that people…
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Gratitude 2-26-06
I knew I wasn’t going to do this every day. I have a lot to be grateful for these days. I feel like I have conquered several battles recently. I won my second Toastmaster…
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Empathy
This is a topic that I think about quite a bit. But the deeper I think about it, the harder I realize it is. Actually, the deeper I look at anything, I’m realizing these…
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I’m Giving Up Fear For Lent
I may not be Christian, Jewish or Islamic, but I know a good tradition when I see it. In spite of that grim reality or more likely because of it, the Gospel’s imperative to…
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Beacon Journal | 02/24/2006 | Family incomes slide
Beacon Journal | 02/24/2006 | Family incomes slide Average family incomes, after adjusting for inflation, fell to $70,700 in 2004, a drop of 2.3 percent when compared with 2001. That was the weakest showing…
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Toastmaster Stats
Daily driblet The average new home has 2,412 square feet, an increase of nearly 50 percent from 1973, reports the L.A. Times.
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Communication
I read and think a lot about personal and business growth. It seems that virtually every problem that has to do with you and someone else can all be fixed with open, clear communication.…
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The SageRock Core Value
The SageRock Core Value reads: The concern, respect and empathy for the individual people we come in contact with at SageRock is our single core value. I’ve recently been thinking about what: Concern Respect…