I learned this acronym not long after I started working in the manufacturing industry about ten years ago. The context in which I heard it applied was during a meeting with a scientist, a couple of engineers and manufacturing manager talking about a design for a custom system we were building a proposal for. K.I.S.S.: …
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Allow Yourself to be Inspired
From time to time people ask me where my motivation comes from, or comment otherwise on how I frequently seem to be upbeat, energized, positive. There are a few reasons why I end up being that way most of the time. One of the most important is that I allow myself to be inspired. There …
Hail the Champions! Post-Victory GOOD
PHOTOGRAPH BY BLIGH GILLIES, BIG UP PRODUCTIONS I got to thinking about great athletic accomplishments and how I've reacted as a fan to various, great victories. Being a San Francisco bay area native, I've thought about the San Francisco Giants recent run of World Series' championships and also the good seasons the Forty Niners have …
Being Extreme
Being extreme is easy, inspiring and even fun sometimes, but it's not very helpful when it comes to working with others. Channeled properly however, it can be life-changing. On the one hand, being extreme often stirs passion and motivates others to action. But it also can cloud thinking, distract from reality, and silence calmer, more …
Celebrating New Inspiration In The House
A new development occurred this weekend that I just have to share my perspective on, it's SO close to home. I've been blogging and otherwise writing for external consumption off and on over the past dozen years. I've been at this particular effort via a couple different portals for more than a year. It's one …
Freestyle into Friday: Another Take on Attitude, Perspective, and Reality
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 …
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White Collar, Blue Collar, No Collar: Adding Value is the Key
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 …
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Good to Consider: The U.S. Government, Ebola, & Relief Work
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 …
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Welcome to the World, Baby Jude!
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 …
The Idiom List
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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