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For the last two years, in addition to the other work I do, I have been a part of a “start-up.” The word “start-up” seems to be Silicon Valley speak for unprofitable company, or maybe technology based company but I don’t really know what is not technology based anymore. I have a friend who works…
There is a thing about marketing, or advertising if you will, to get people excited and get them to act (by which most of us mean give money in some way) when you want them to, typically right now. And then there is a thing about telling the truth, being genuine and being trustworthy. The…
I received an email the other day, actually I receive emails everyday but this one I found particularly interesting because it said it would help me live a more secure life knowing my identity was safe. Honestly I feel pretty safe in my current identity, not having any sense that I don’t know who I…
Have we ever had a time in history where the dominant cultural norm was to take responsibility for your actions? Has integrity ever really mattered or do we just romanticize the idea and look back fondly thinking, well back in those days… Was there a time when a handshake was good enough and if you…
I recently heard David Brooks being interviewed on the radio, he wrote a book and is busy making the promotional rounds. I was interested in the book generally but I was really interested in something he said that he found interesting and which had informed some of what he was writing about: fifty years ago…
I have observed that often in our quest to solve problems we forget to think about what that original act was intended to do. We lose the view of the forest as we busily solve the problem related to one tree, or maybe we even invent problems related to trees that don’t actually exist because…
I like to write at least one essay a week, or blog post, call it what you will. But I have slowed lately and I am mixed with a sense of acceptance and guilt. I write for me and I hope that what I write resonates with someone else, but since no one is paying…
Appearances are not always what they seem. Duh. The big dog, for instance, who looks like she should be tough, and who in fact has the UPS delivery driver convinced that she is a killer, is afraid of noise. Specifically metallic noise (like the pot lid hitting the kitchen floor) and farting noises, the kind…
The clue was “started the pot.” Five letters. In retrospect of course “anted” makes all the sense in the world. But I cook and the image that popped into my mind was of putting a pot on the stove and starting it. I could not figure out what the clue could possibly mean. Heated, heat,…
Faith Works 