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My Friend Said This

“To know is to do.  To know and not do, is to not yet know”. —  jeff’s friend Said another way:  “Common sense needs to be common practice”. – jeff noel Otherwise, it’s like we don’t even know what common … Continue reading

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What’s Stopping You?

Excuses? Attitude? Fear? Anger? Doubt? Good.  All these things mean you’re human.  There are a million ways to overcome these things.  The secret is to find your way. That’s one of the biggest barriers – people want to be handed … Continue reading

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Rules For Being Human

I’ve had this article for ten years, given by a friend. The author is unknown. Here it is in it’s entirety: The question remains, despite all the work and inquiry of the researchers discussed in this column and countless others: … Continue reading

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Too Long Tuesday?

There’s been a very calculated effort to make all five blogs comply with a “short post” challenge. It was a simple test to see what would happen.  What happened? Website traffic spiked.  Thank you everyone, for your interest.  While the … Continue reading

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Easy Money? Ridiculous!

It is ridiculous.  To think that a bunch of guys with ordinary lives, doing ordinary jobs, would someday be riding around in a big tour bus, makin’ that easy money: After 9/11, it was time for this.

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The Flip Side

A previous post revealed the BFO, two days ago.  We should be focused and flexible.  Remember? Okay, so when everyone else is in a hurry, and your intuition tells you to slow down. And everyone keeps shouting, “Come on, let’s … Continue reading

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Unpolitically Correct

My neighbor served in Vietnam as a “Gunner“.  He operated the machine gun with the long chain of bullets that a second person had to constantly feed it.  He’s one of the sweetest, most gracious, and most caring men on … Continue reading

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Be Flexible, Be Focused

Be flexible and  focused.  Words to live by. And yet, sometimes I don’t want to be flexible.  There are times when intuition provides an obvious answer, and being flexible is out of the equation. However, there’s a paradox:  When you … Continue reading

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