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Doodling as an Asset

Doodling I read that Doodling during a meeting helps to increase retention up to 30%.  The article I read said that the study was done by Jackie Andrade, who is a psychology professor at the University of Plymouth in England. … Continue reading

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Collaboration

. . .when two smart people vehemently disagree, the answer is almost never to fight it out until one idea prevails, but rather to vigilantly search for a third, better way. That doesn’t mean a compromise, but rather a recognition … Continue reading

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Connection from the Universe

“It’s one of the things I like about this field – the biggest things and the smallest things in the Universe are neatly tied together in surprising ways.” – Steven Ritz, deputy principal investigator for Fermi-Lat. (Space telescope capturing views … Continue reading

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OraBrush Super Commercial

“From what I heard he did one thing. Made a YouTube video and then another and then another”. But, oh what a fun video Below are two links. First is a commercial off YouTube, the second is a short story … Continue reading

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“Dump It”

Do It Delegate It Delay It Dump It Four terms I learned years ago in one of my many “How to get Organized” classes. The big lesson for me, at the time, was to delay it, that delaying was a … Continue reading

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Lighting up those Wintertime Blues…

Give this a try when your thoughts go south and your mood is frozen beneath what seems like an eternity of grey overcast clouds.
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Making Good Decisions in 2011

 For many of us, with the New Year about to ring in, our thoughts are turning towards ideas of starting things a fresh.  Down come the holiday decorations and with them our merry festive spirits that held us high above … Continue reading

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Focus

Focus – Focus – Focus Last week in a game of Squash I was ahead by a score of 7 to 2 with 9 being the winning point. As I served for the 8th point, meaning two points to go … Continue reading

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Being Happy

Practice Being Happy The word “Practice” jumped out at me from a book I was reading last week. It was used to explain that we need to “Practice” being Happy just as we need to practice anything else we want … Continue reading

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All in the Name

“Ha” Connection It’s all in the name At a local food market the other day I had a delightful cashier that I was lucky enough to have wait on me. She knew what she was doing, moved quickly and was … Continue reading

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