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Take a moment and answer the following question: “What do you want to become?” What did you answer? Do you want to become smarter? Healthier? Happier? More financially stable? A better parent? A faster cyclist? A marathon runner? A more loyal friend? A more valuable employee? Whatever your answer, this is an important question to periodically ask of yourself, because the answers serve as the guide for all that you do. Time on this planet …read more
You can’t be 100% certain. Werner Heisenberg made this point in his experiments with subatomic particles. Heisenberg stated while you can approximate both the velocity and position of a particle at a specific instant in time, it is impossible to exactly measure both. The more tightly you focus in on one measuring one aspect, the less certain you can be about the other. Further, the simple act of measurement itself will alter the outcome. I …read more
One thing that makes social media so attractive to businesses is the perceived price – Free. Sure access to most social media channels is free, but social media tends to be free in the same way a “Free Puppy!” is free. The real costs come after you assume ownership. Just like the free puppy, social media can require significant investments in training, feeding, nurturing, and even cleaning up a mess or two. This is …read more
Picture this scene. You have to address a group of people in a public setting. Perhaps your boss and your co-workers, or maybe a prospective client or a professional organization. In preparation for the event you work hard on your presentation. You have a great story to tell. You choose the perfect images to get your point across. You find the perfect font to fit your message. You save your PowerPoint presentation. You are ready …read more
I am old enough to remember watching a black and white television as a kid. No, I am not talking about black and white movies on a color television, I am referring to a television with no color. When I grew up, color television was not groundbreaking, but it was still an upgrade from the technology of black and white sets. Color was optional. This was really a buzz kill when watching The Wizard of …read more
One of my goals for 2010 is to run 1,000 miles. Another is to complete my first marathon. Both – no surprise – are requiring me to run far and run often. When I chose these goals I assumed that the hardest part would be finding the strength to push ahead as the distance steadily increased through my training program. Surprisingly that is not really the case. What I am discovering as I cover longer …read more
Today I have learned a lesson about missed opportunity. You see for years I have been telling friends and family members that I wanted to write a coffee table book about the wonderful oddities located in the immediate vicinity of the Monroe, Ohio exit on I-75. I thought it would be fun to tell the stories of the people who live, work, and visit this very eclectic place in Southwestern Ohio. After all, the exit …read more
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