Just because it’s shiny

October 3, 2009

It’s hard to stay on track. First of all, you have to have a track. That’s not so easy. You’ve got to figure out what animates you, makes your heart sing. Basically, you’ve got to find your soul. Having found it, you need to figure out how to create a life around it. How to […]

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Stick with your ends

October 3, 2009

Everybody I know that works at a large company decries the bureaucracy that inhibits progress. And yet it continues. The system has a life of its own. It wants. It needs. It is jealous. And it protects its own interests by torturing and killing anyone who threatens its continuity. Let’s remember how it all started. […]

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Where are you hiding yourself?

October 1, 2009

There are so many interesting people out there. People who don’t seem like other people. Who are just themselves. I’m not talking about wacky nutjobs who look like Jesus or wear hats made of tinfoil to prevent the aliens from recording their thoughts. I’m talking about “mainstream” people who are just themselves. Who bring a […]

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Are you an 80 year old virgin?

September 30, 2009

If you’ve had some success in your life, you’ve probably built a good reputation in one or more areas and acquired for yourself some measure of influence. Influence is the ability to get other people to do things that they would not do in the absence of your actions. This is good right? Well, it […]

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Of souls and society

September 29, 2009

How does one reconcile the need for the soul to find its purest expression with the need for society to effectively function? This is perhaps the most difficult question for one who places unlimited value on the beauty and nobility of the human soul but who also admits of the need for people to assemble […]

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Yeah, it’s that fast

September 20, 2009

I got a message from Twitter on Sunday at 12:15AM that some entity was now following me (I’ll leave the name out but it sounded like some marketing agency). Ten seconds ago (so that’s almost 24 hours to the minute), I got a direct message from them with a “special offer” to their new “Twitter […]

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Is courage worth it?

September 5, 2009

WARNING: For this post, I am going to conflate non-conformity and courage. I recognize that they are not the same thing. But they do share certain features and I am in the mood to conflate. If you are allergic to conflation, please consult your philosophy professional before reading this post. The question posed in the […]

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This is priceless!

September 3, 2009

It almost doesn’t get any better than this. In a recent post, I included a video from There’s Something About Mary. The video was of the scene where Ben Stiller picks up the hitchhiker whose brilliant business idea is a 7 minute abs workout program to compete with the market leader, the 8 minute abs […]

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A guide to change Part II

September 1, 2009

A few weeks ago I wrote about change. I identified two types of change: evolutionary and revolutionary. I focused that post on evolutionary change and promised to come back with my thoughts on revolutionary change. If you’ve been waiting for the Part II (and you know who you are) then your dreams are about to […]

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Will you please love me?

August 14, 2009

There. Do you love me now? No? Well of course not. You can’t love a person on command. Love, respect, admiration… all of these must be earned. They are organic involuntary responses to stimulus. (Not that your attitude going-in doesn’t make it more or less easy.) If I want you to love me, I can’t […]

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