The Personal Journey
Why “The Dip” is an Enterpreneur’s Best Friend
While I've been absent from this blog over the last month, I've been very present to The Dip. What is The Dip? It's the name of a book by Seth Godin, with the subtitle, "A Little Book That Teaches You When To Quit (and When to Stick.)" I read it for the second time recently,…
Read MoreRemembering Dad, 35 Years Later
I was startled this morning when I read an email about someone remembering my dad, who died over 35 years ago: "…in Boston last week, there was a conversation about old time calculators and early computers and some else there said….I used to know a man in Fort Wayne who could run an abacus faster…
Read MoreBack to School Time
Back-to-school time is bittersweet. Yes, we celebrate a new year, the start of the next adventure. And with a new start, there's also an ending. For weeks now, I've been reminded of endings and beginnings, of the rituals that mark the passing of time. It started about a month ago, when I attended a family…
Read MoreHow to Change Your View on Life
If you want to change your view on life, move a thousand miles away to a blighted urban city, work for a men's homeless shelter for not much more than a roof over your head and three (sort of) square meals a day, and write–about what you see and feel and think. Photo by Diego…
Read MoreWhen Was The Last Time You Experienced Joy Like This?
A friend on Facebook posted this video of a creative, joyful start to a wedding: It's been awhile since I blogged, two weeks to be exact. While you may have been wondering about the absence (or not), I was doing the same thing. Why haven't I made the time to sit down and write? I…
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