credit: Pixabay.com A Quick Note on How We Look at Lifelong Education I’ve never been much of a collector. I have a few boxes of comic books in my basement, but they’ve all been read, and most aren’t bagged and boarded. I have exactly three pieces of sports memorabilia. All of the stamps I have… Read More »Learning Isn’t Collecting, It’s Connecting
image credit: The Opte Project What Google, Facebook, and Media Companies Must Do if They Want the Truth to Prevail If you keep track of Twitter trends at all, you’ll likely have seen that a trending topic is the fact that Google and Facebook are taking actions to sanction what they call “fake news” outlets. On the… Read More »The Real Danger of the Fake News Debate
piece by Nathan Sawaya, photo credit: Design Milk It Won’t Kill Your Passion Project I’ve been working at a regular 9 to 5 type job for the past 6 years and change. It’s not a glamorous job. It’s not a glamorous industry. In fact, it’s a very old business, where being considered a startup is a severe… Read More »Please, Please, Please Don’t Quit Your Day Job
credit: Thomas Leuthard A Poem When we leave this all remember why we were there, for all of those who care it might be a blessing, though vainly disguised. But when we get out, we may find something to gain something to lose, either way it’s the same. Because when you think about it, there is… Read More »When You Think About It
A Short Apropos Poem The only way that I can keep going on is to remember that like you, I love. Like you, I thirst I hunger I yearn I hurt I do all of these things — nay — they happen to me as they happen to you. My heart treads a different path, but beats just as hard… Read More »Like You
About two months before the election that took place yesterday, I was having a discussion about the candidates with a co-worker. He is about 15 years my senior, and grew up in a predominantly black neighborhood in a notably impoverished city, but he is white. He is a Trump supporter. Despite our wildly different stances… Read More »After the Election: Let’s Work on This One Thing
On Pizza, Projects, and Persistence Not too long ago, I was employed as a salesperson by a chain sports nutrition store. Though it was a textbook retail job, I really enjoyed it. I have always had an interest in supplements and nutrition, so helping people find what would help them reach their health and fitness… Read More »What a Pizza-Eating Champion Taught Me About Goals
On the Sanctity of Email, and How It Affects Your Productivity A Tweet is like saying something loudly at a party with people you only vaguely know. A Facebook post is like handing out a pamphlet to everyone in a medium-sized suburb. A LinkedIn post is like handing out an oversized business card at a… Read More »Guard Your Inbox Better
credit: Tom Woodward The best fiction is actually really good non-fiction. The first book I remember reading all the way through is The Kid Who Only Hit Homers by Matt Christopher. I was 8 or 9, if memory serves. The book is about a Little League baseball player who is having trouble getting hits. He encounters… Read More »The Illusion of Fiction
credit: Enver Rahmanov The Foundation of Personal and Professional Success Not long ago, I caved and read the classic of the personal development genre The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. I admit, it’s a really good book — it lives up to the hype. You can read the 7 habits for yourself here, but I want to… Read More »Seek First to Understand
