Category: Thoughts
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I didn’t know what to call this article because I wasn’t sure what was going to come out when I started typing, hence the catchy name. I spent the other night in the hospital, which was enough to get my mind churning. It’s because I have an irregular heartbeat, which is something I’ve known for…
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Kind Words
“Wise sayings often fall on barren ground; but a kind word is never thrown away.” – Arthur Helps
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Say Thank You
It seems like saying the words “Thank You” is becoming a lost art. This applies from minor things, like holding a door for someone, to more significant things, like giving someone a ride, alike. My hope is to help this lost art be found, so if someone does something nice for you, no matter how…
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Rethinking Infidelity … a Talk for Anyone Who has Ever Loved by Esther Perel
Esther Perel presented Rethinking Infidelity … a Talk for Anyone Who has Ever Loved as a TED Talk.
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Sore Body
Today my body is sore and has been since Saturday. I feel like I have a pulled groin and torn ab at the same time. Most of the time there isn’t any pain, just a mild annoyance. It’s kinda like having a bruise that only hurts when you bump it, but you keep forgetting about…
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You Will Never Grow
“Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Can’t Believe You
“I’m not upset that you lied to me, I’m upset that from now on I can’t believe you.”
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Test of Progress
“The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Google Apps
I often get asked about the tools I use to stay organized and deal with being on the road so much, so I’m going to start writing about some of them. The first is Google Apps. Google Apps is an email, calendar, and collaboration tool that allows you to use Google services with your domain,…
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Justice System
I received an email news alert the other day that threw me off. It was regarding James Holmes, the person convicted of killing 12, plus wounding 70 more, at an Aurora, CO movie theater a couple years ago. Holmes had pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity in the 2012 shootings. He was convicted last…
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Why City Flags May Be the Worst-Designed Thing You’ve Never Noticed by Roman Mars
Roman Mars presented Why City Flags May Be the Worst-Designed Thing You’ve Never Noticed by Roman Mars as a TED Talk.
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Keep Trying
“Success is achieved and maintained by those who try and keep trying.” – W. Clement Stone
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Second Chances
“Second chances are not given to make things right. But are given to prove that we could be better even after we fall.”
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Now, Later
“Whatever you do now sets up what you do later. And there is always a later.” – Mike Krzyzewski
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USASF Costa Mesa
The last USASF regional meeting of the summer was in sunny southern California. I was late so I missed teaching my regular classes, but the travel gods made Jessica late so I got to teach hers. The highlight of the weekend was the random little boy that run up to give Brett, Lisa, and I…
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How We’re Priming Some Kids for College – and Others for Prison by Alice Goffman
Alice Goffman presented How We’re Priming Some Kids for College – and Others for Prison as a TED Talk.
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