Looking for a way to kill some time on a typical afternoon? Try calling customer support at any major corporation. Before doing so, make sure to set aside a two hour block of time, prepare a snack, and hit the restrooms. It is always wise to plan ahead for a major undertaking like this one. It is amazing how the simplest of problems can be made hopelessly complex by a…
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It was a beautiful Saturday morning and my wife and I went for a walk in our hometown to the local coffee shop. It is the kind of coffee shop that encourages you to boycott Starbucks, drink locally roasted coffee, and join the community center yoga class. I actually enjoy the atmosphere at this particular place which is one of the main reasons I patronize it…
The hardest part of doing anything is starting. The amount of time people spend procrastinating, thinking, and debating about starting something is amazing. “I need to mow the lawn, but it’s just so hot out”. How many times has that been said? In the same amount of time people spend thinking about how hard it is going to be they could have been half done. If faced with a truly…
I’m tired of practicality. I cringe every time someone says “Yeah, but at least it’s practical”. Why this disdain for all things practical? Because practicality is boring. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines practical as “relating to, or manifested in practice or action: not theoretical or ideal”. The last part of this definition, “not theoretical or ideal” intrigues me. Practical is not the ideal. Sometimes things that are useful or necessary are…
Unemployed and looking? Traditionally this means spending countless hours perusing Monster.com, Craigslist, and Indeed.com. It also means filling out the same electronic applications over and over. You have memorized the addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses of all your employers going back 10 years. You have submitted countless resumes, each one hand tailored to the specific job to which you are applying. You read…
