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The Virtues of Soft Power
One recent dawn I walked along the beach of Green Turtle Cay on the Abaco Sea. In between watching the clouds as they heralded the…
April 22, 2009
The Edge
How do you measure greatness? How do you get an edge? In many fields of endeavor the low-hanging fruit, the fruit in sight, has long…
April 13, 2009
The Encourage vs. Correct Continuum
My father was an engineer. I was taught early in life that if something broke, we were to take it apart, break it down into…
April 7, 2009
Out of Sight, Out of Mind
Stop the presses: Zoning is the answer to childhood obesity! “Ninth graders whose schools are within a block of a fast-food outlet are more likely…
March 30, 2009
Sources of Lasting Satisfaction
When I was growing up in Gainesville in the 1960s, my father taught civil engineering at the University of Florida. The department sponsored an annual…
March 18, 2009
Pre-Positioning
Racquetball has been my exercise passion ever since I took it up in my early twenties on concrete three-wall courts on the University of Florida…
March 4, 2009
The Headline You Will Never See
The headline you will never see “is ‘The market was down 110 points, a random fluctuation in a very complex system.’” (Eric Schurenberg, former managing…
March 2, 2009
PopCap: The Downside of Fat Jockeys
(A Populist Capitalist Blog) What is the proper amount of government oversight for business? Too much = red tape and loss of prosperity, discouragement of…
February 27, 2009
Five Times Three: An Energy/Time Management Tool
It is very easy to become overwhelmed. Many tools, techniques, and philosophies exist to manage yourself, your time, your energy. “First Things First” and “Connections”…
February 24, 2009
Keep Your Life Interesting or You Will Mess Up Just to Spice It Up
“The only reason I’m letting you back into my life is because I know you’ll **** it up again and frankly, things have been a…
February 23, 2009
“Driven way beyond anyone else I’d ever met.”
What makes for success? What is the “secret” of extra-ordinary success? Success beyond the everyday, super-star success? Mind-blowing, stupendous, stellar success? Sorry, no one answer.…
February 17, 2009