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awesome ways to start 001

“Once, when excavating the house of a medieval sailor on the coast of the Red Sea in Egypt…” ~Fred Hiebert (Archaeologist and National Geographic Fellow) Starbucks, The Way I See It #266 Facebook Digg Print Email

the bigger person

Sometimes we have to be really loud to make it know that we mean business. Sometimes we have to listen to make it known that we mean business. Sometimes we have to mute ourselves to make it know that we mean business. Sometimes we have to encourage others. Sometimes we have to praise others. Sometimes [...]

curing your appetite for fallacies

“A fallacy is a kind of error in reasoning…” Facebook Digg Print Email

best slippery slope ever

best slippery slope ever “Why shouldn’t I work for the N.S.A.? That’s a tough one, but I’ll take a shot. Say I’m working at N.S.A. Somebody puts a code on my desk, something nobody else can break. Maybe I take a shot at it and maybe I break it. And I’m real happy with myself, [...]

How do I communicate?

I do a lot of training, educating, troubleshooting, listening, brainstorming, teaching, helping, coaching and various other sorts of communicating.  I’m constantly trying to evaluate good ways to convey messages to others and to understand their messages to me.  When I’m doing it well, I’m trying to understand their messages first, and doing that objectively. This [...]

How to use Google’s calculator: convert to hexadecimal, binary, and decimal

If you read this and say “Cool!”, you may have found your inner geek!  How to use Google’s calculator: convert to hexadecimal, binary, and decimal Facebook Digg Print Email

Updated Disclaimer

This is posted in the bottom right of this blog’s current layout. ECG Management Consultants is my current employer.  I am their Knowledge Manager.  While that may sound like I know what I’m talking about, I am specifically stating here that everything I post on this blog represents me, my opinions and my personal perspectives.  [...]

Microsoft Yahoo

Microsoft Proposes Acquisition of Yahoo! for $31 per Share “Transaction valued at approximately $44.6 billion in cash and stock; provides 62 percent premium to current trading price for Yahoo! shareholders; combined entity to create a more competitive company, providing superior value to shareholders, better choice and innovation for customers and partners” Yahoo! Board of Directors [...]