Natán Sharansky is an Israeli politician, activist, and author. He is also an bona fide inspiration. Born into a Jewish family in the then Soviet Ukraine, in the city of Donetsk, he was a child chess prodigy, studied at a math & physics secondary school, and graduated from the Moscow Institute of Physics & Technology; …
Category: attitude
Donner’s Advice
Such an interesting and insightful bit. Donner's Advice Dutch [chess] grandmaster Jan Hein Donner offered the following advice to a player taking a board at a simultaneous exhibition: If you are to stand a chance of scoring a half or a full point, there are a few things to bear in mind: Be sure to take special …
Theoretical to Real – An Honorable Exit
When I was in college I took a philosophy class that among other topics, considered the ethics of euthanasia. It was theoretical 35 years ago; it’s quite a bit more real now. Elders all around aging, their loved ones, facing those choices, In the end I come back again and again to, Honor their wishes …
Default: Gratitude
There’s this retired Navy SEAL, turned leadership consultant, turned author turned amazing human being… Wait… He was always an amazing human… Part of the mindset that he proposes is “default: aggressive” … and while I get it, sort of, I’m not down with that. For me, it’s default: gratitude. Gratitude is part of the fabric …
Choices
There’s this song by E-40, a semi-famous rapper from the San Francisco Bay Area, It’s called “Choices”… It’s a whole list of two part choices, things we might choose in life; if you like rap music it’s a good one. And even if you don’t like Rut sorta music, we all have choices. The main …
Blog Like A Tweet: 6 Chocolate Chip Cookies
6 Chocolate Chip Cookies, fueled six hours of my day, chocolate chip cookies, the only way. #goodstuff #goodeats
Lions Feed The PEOPLE
The need is real. The statistics are sobering. Right here in one of the most affluent counties in California, maybe even the whole of America, People go without, children are hungry, families need help to put food on the table. Since 1979 the DeAnza Lions have helped to feed the people for the Thanksgiving holiday. …
Lions FEED The People
For 45 years, the Cupertino DeAnza Lions Club has held an annual Thanksgiving food drive. From the beginning to now, we have grown the project to feed about a thousand people each year for the holiday. Here’s how we do it. An empty gathering hall, some good organization and creative thinking by many Lions, and …
LIONS Feed The People, Again
Lions clubs of the world. 1.4 million Lions, 45,000 clubs, +200 countries. Where there’s a need, there are Lions. Here in the Santa Clara Valley, for more than 30 years, feeding over 100 families for Thanksgiving, now up to over 170 families, and through other channels, with the same project, feeling about 1000 people for …
Red Screen
“ Red in the morning, sailors, take warning…”
