There's no two ways about it: Friday is nearly always (at least) a little bit better. Why is that? it's about the end of the (typical) work week. It's the anticipation of having a couple days off over the weekend. It starts way back we're in school, twelve (plus) years of being in classes all …
Continue reading Freestyle into Friday: Another Take on Attitude, Perspective, and Reality
Like most people, I’ve got friends from many different walks of life. Executives to professional volunteers, business owners to labor activists, high earners to hourly workers, and everything in between. I've been somewhere in between all that for about twenty years now. In 1994 I had established a footing in full time, "career-path" type work …
Continue reading White Collar, Blue Collar, No Collar: Adding Value is the Key
As an American I've had conflicting attitudes about my own country throughout my life. I was a student of comparative politics, history, and international commerce in college and graduate school. For all of my professional life I've worked for companies doing business literally around the world. Basically, I've been interested in the bigger world outside …
Continue reading Good to Consider: The U.S. Government, Ebola, & Relief Work
Sometimes the day starts off in a way you don't expect, and it ends up being a timeless blessing. Today was that sort of day. I got a text message just after 7:00 AM this morning from my wife, letting me know a married couple we're close with, who were expecting their first child …
This list amounts to idioms we come across from anywhere and everywhere. Mostly they'll be in English, but the idea is to collect phrases from all corners of the globe, and thus be open to all languages. The fundamental goal is the maintain a record of those turns of phrase intended to communicate directly or …
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