Category: Ideas
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Time to Start Writing Again
I haven’t written a blog post since 10.17 – according to what the dashboard says. It’s been kind of nice to still get hits on the blog even when I wasn’t writing. I needed a break, but I didn’t know I needed a break. I didn’t know that I needed…
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First World Problems
I’ve written about First World Problems before. I hear people talk about first world problems, but what do we really know about first world problems. We talk about first world problems to give us perspective on how well we have it and how much we complain. I have only been…
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There’s An App For That
…..but you don’t need it. Seriously. I just updated iOS5 on my iPhone. It is running that weather app that is on in the notification center. Apple told me that it’s cool that it’ll tell you what the weather is like – wherever you are. It runs constantly. Uses up…
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No Matter How Much of the Story You Have….
……you don’t have the whole story. Inherent in “story” is the idea that you only have a piece of it. Really, you only have one’s perspective of it. They couldn’t have told you all of the details. When someone tells you a story, you get in a few minutes what…
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Man Damage
I heard this phrase this week. It stood out to me because I’ve never thought about it before. Although, it’s titled Man Damage, it could just as well be Woman Damage. It works both ways. The basic gist has to do with the stuff that we bring into relationships. A…
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Feeling Pretty
What are your thoughts about it? Have you ever thought about what it means to “Feel Pretty”? I don’t know that I’ve ever thought about it until today – mainly because I don’t even know what it means to “Feel Pretty.” I had a conversation with a friend about that…
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Foundational Identity
There are some foundational things about your identity that just cannot change. There are some things – scars, conditioning, desires, or preferences that are just a foundational part of your identity – the stuff that just cannot change. I guess it’s possible for something so drastic to happen in your…
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The Ability to Create
Anyway can create. Everyone has the ability to create. There is no excuse – no amount of lack of skill or ability can stop you from creating. It takes – IMO – a tremendous amount of humility and in some cases, humiliation to create. There will be someone out there…
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Blind to What I Don’t Need
I see fine. Okay, I need some contact lenses to help me see fine, but I see fine. I have had a few lectures lately that have addressed blind spots – blind spots to strengths, blind spots to personality, blind spots to family, blind spots to many aspects of life.…
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Suspend Judgment
If you did a search on Google for this term, you would find a wikipedia page about it. The page says that the opposite of suspension of judgment is prejudgment or prejudice. It’s an amazing ability to suspend judgment. It’s higher level thinking. It’s a skill that anyone could learn,…
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The Loneliness Intensifies
I heard that phrase tonight. If there is something that scares an extrovert – I think it’s that. Not only is the loneliness scary, but that fact that it can intensify is what gets me. I know a few people that like being alone, but even they can get lonely…
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Training to the Breaking Point
You’re only as good as much as you train. If you are able to train to the breaking point – where you’re actually broken – you might get to see your best. If you don’t get to the breaking point, you’re still comfortable. There is something about the misery and…
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