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Leap Year Lesson #263: Each Season of the Year and of Life Has Its Wonders
As the temperatures turned cooler in the evenings this week in Louisville, Kentucky, I was actually a little excited to put on a warm sweatshirt and take my dog for a walk. Not much beats the cozy...
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Leap Year Lesson #327: Don’t Pre-Judge
Last night I spent some time at my son Brian’s home with his roommates and some of their family. It was my first time meeting the others except for Brian’s dog Jaina. His roommates have a white pit...
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Leap Year Lesson #347: Humble Pie Tastes Bad, But It’s Good For You
I had a kind, good person at work send me an email today concerned about some things I had said recently. She feared that my remarks could be harmful if taken in a way that pitted one group against...
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Leap Year Lesson #357: It’s a Wonderful Life
One of the annual Christmas season rituals for my wife and me is to watch the movie It’s a Wonderful Life. We did that again tonight. Given the number of years we’ve been doing this, it’s safe to say...
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Top Ten Posts for 2012
Below are the most viewed posts on this blog during 2012. If you missed one of them or have long since forgotten what it was about, check it out. Most are quick lessons learned of 366 words or less...
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It Is What It Is (Or Is It?)
Every now and then I hear someone resign themselves to the perceived reality of a situation by saying with a bit of a sigh, “It is what it is.” When I hear that (imagining the voice of Winnie the...
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The Danger of Fill-In-the-Blank Relationships
I spent a wonderful few hours yesterday with a dear friend from high school, Valary. Except for a recent class reunion, I don’t recall that we’ve crossed paths geographically since our graduation in...
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Why I Cut My Hair Off
For a long while – maybe a year or two – I’ve threatened to shave my head, or at least to get a buzz cut. Nobody seemed to like the idea but me. My dear wife, Linda, was definitely against the...
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What Is Your Worldview?
What is your worldview? Can you articulate it? Do you understand what the term means? Here’s one definition: “The overall perspective from which one sees and interprets the world”...
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Thought Leader: A Title Bestowed – Not Pursued or Claimed
<rant> Buzzwords always abound in businesses. Each year sees new ones come and (if we are lucky) a few worn ones disappear. After all, Buzzword Bingo exists for a reason! Some of the most...
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