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Archive of posts filed under the Encouragement category.

To You, My Sisters

I read this story on a blog of a parent whose child has CHARGE. I imagine this would be very similar to any parent who has a child with any kind of challenge. Many of you I have never even met face to face, but I’ve searched you out every day. I’ve looked for you [...]

Three Deep Questions

Deep questions I challenge you to publicly answer: Name a childhood regret, something you did as a kid that you wish you hadn’t done. Name something you love to do, but wish you could do it better. Name something really big you want to do but it is so huge you can’t even get started. [...]

Happy Anniversary

Wow, a dozen years. I’m blessed. I love you, Laura!

What I Don’t Miss About Working in Washington DC

It’s now been two weeks since I left my full-time job for the Center for Democracy & Technology to become a stay-at-home contractor. And there are a few things I don’t miss about being in DC: Spending at least one hour each way traveling The sounds of people yakking on their cell phones on the [...]

What I Miss About Working in Washington DC

It’s now been two weeks since I left my full-time job for the Center for Democracy & Technology to become a stay-at-home contractor. And there are a few things I miss about being in DC: Seeing the monuments from up close (from the car or bus window usually) Waiting for the evening bus at the [...]

The Donald’s Most Important Real-life Advice

From Guy Kawasaki’s blog, an interview with Donald Trump Question: TV is TV, real life is real life: What’s the most important real-life advice you can give to an entrepreneur? Answer: You have to love what you do. Without passion, great success is hard to come by. An entrepreneur will have tough times if he [...]

The Farmer and the Donkey

An amusing flash video: The Farmer and the Donkey. It has sound, which is kind of loud.

Paradox

“The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings, but shorter tempers; wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints; we spend more, but have less; we buy more, but enjoy it less. We have bigger houses and smaller families; more conveniences, but less time; we have more degrees, but less sense; more knowledge [...]

What were you doing on June 4, 1989?

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Happy Ides of March

I hope your day is going better than Julius Caesar’s did. He had a bad Ides, back in 44 BCE.