Category Archives: Inspiration
The Over-Exposed Power of Turnips
The title might not mean much to you, but it saved you from a recap of the conference I attended last week. I was going to try to wrap a story around Intelligent Information, or perhaps intelligent information managers – … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Inspiration, Photography
Tagged airlines, dad, Evernote, M.C. Escher, power, travel, turnips
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It’s Not Failure
In 2005, I worked with an old friend to develop a training program for our company. We wanted a program that had clear objectives and a consistent feel. He developed a framework for a series of one-hour sessions that would … Continue reading
Posted in Inspiration, Perspective
Tagged failure, Grook, mistakes, Piet Hein, Wisdom, woodworking
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Walk with Intention
Note: This was originally posted on November 19th as part of Sreejit Poole’s inspiring series on walking with intention. If you have some time, I encourage you to read some of these stories. When Sreejit Poole first suggested that … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Inspiration, Perspective, Prompt, Religion
Tagged Church, family, father, intention, Pittsburgh, service
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It’s Going to be 90, So…
When I left for work today, our weather station was showing an outside temperature of 66.6 f – perhaps not the best time to head out into traffic. Then again, Hell hath no fury like New England drivers on a … Continue reading
Posted in Inspiration, Music, Nostalgia
Tagged Alman Brothers, animal house, Blues Brothers, hurricane, RED, Remeber the Titans, summertime, Twilight Zone
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Is it Time to Run the Table?
Confidence is the one of the most important strengths we can have. Knowing that you can do something before you start does more than set expectations, it helps you to complete the task. You can take my word for that … Continue reading
Posted in Inspiration, Opinion
Tagged career, confidence, education, Pool, risk, risk taking
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