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Working smarter in email

I’m convinced most people are not good at communication. There are all kinds of books, blogs, seminars, and therapists floating around about how to communicate more effectively. While it’s certainly an issue in all areas, I’m going to focus on communication in email. To start with, email is a flawed medium. The reader can’t see [...]

War! What is it good for?

Sleep is important. And I lost a lot of it last night worrying about some disagreements I’ve had recently with co-workers. I wasn’t worried about the fact that I have disagreements with others, but anticipated that huge blow-ups would follow the initial disagreements. However, today I was pleasantly surprised–that didn’t happen with any of the [...]

And the light bulb came on…

For several days, I’d been mulling over a topic for my first blog post and hadn’t decided yet what to write about. Last night, after turning off one light bulb to go to sleep, another one came on in my head. I marvel at 3-way light bulbs. Three light settings, one bulb. When I’m watching [...]