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Dan Fogelberg: a wise man
His music and lyrics always move me. He was truly a Philosopher. In the real-world sense, not an ivory tower academic. He lived in Pagosa Springs, Colorado for many years. I am frequently surprised to find my personal connection to people and events. Often it’s a geographic connection. just I’ve been to the same place.…
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“you’ll be a Man, my son!”
Picture this. You’re sitting in an internal team meeting. The project is far more complicated than you thought. There’s no way you can meet the deadline you’ve given to the customer. Are you sweating now? Others in the meeting are either saying what we should have done differently, or trying to shift the blame to…
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Have a Nice Day
I was talking with my son today, and I started by asking him, “How’s life treating you?”. A rhetorical question like “How’s the weather?” launched us into a stream of consciousness discussion about things people say without really meaning it. Take the expression “Have a nice day!” you hear it many times a day from…