Category: Musings
With Love From Me To You
Sometimes, when a birthday comes, you look back on the last year of your life and you think, “Yikes. Good riddance! Now how can this new year possibly be any worse?” Other times, you think, “This year was great and I can’t wait to see what’s coming next.” That’s this birthday for me. This past […]
I’m Disappointed In You
A few days ago, Chris Brogan wrote a post called Take Back Your Strings. In this post, Chris writes that we really should not embrace the idea that people are disappointed in us. He suggests that people feeling disappointed is really more about them, not so much about you. I verbalized over in the comments […]
What I Learned From Not Watching The Blues Brothers
Well, here we are. The last post of this August series. And I’m setting up to deliver some hard lessons I learned. Kind of mean, huh? The thing is, this post appeared very differently in my head when Nancy Davis first gave me the idea. She simply said, “Can you do a post about how […]
Change is in the air
My friend Janice, who I was going to post an interview with as part of the August series, has been waylaid by some personal issues, so I have a spare spot here on the calendar. As it happens, I have some news items that will fit here just splendidly 
As some of you may […]
my dinner with Abe, Eleanor, Martin, and Elizabeth
So the other night, per Brandon Duncan’s idea, I decided to invite four of my favorite historical figures over for dinner. I cooked a really lovely feast for Abraham Lincoln, Eleanor Roosevelt, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Queen Elizabeth I. Then I showed them this social media stuff to see what they thought about it. […]
Lessons I’ve Learned
Michael Palko asked me to talk about important lessons I’ve learned over the years. The most important lesson I’ve learned over the years is that in order to truly learn something, you need to experience it and absorb it yourself. This happens when your heart, not your head, is ready. Until you are ready, people […]