When fishing is good and the catching is bad

Some people treat studying like some wussy soft skill.   Not quite sure why studying gets such a bad rap so I googled it.    Here’s the definition I found: “Devote time and attention to…

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The positives of being negative and my crazy ex

In my freshman year of college I dated a girl named Candy.     As Martin Lawrence would say, she was “crazy and deranged”. She’d make Glenn Close’s character in Fatal Attraction look like a…

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The meat and potatoes of writing emails

Writing emails can be tough. And if you take my advice and email every day, sometimes it can feel like pushing a baby elephant… Uphill. I admit, I have different approaches in creating emails but…

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Prove mastery with 3 questions

I was listening to Brandon Lucero’s podcast the other day and he was describing something he learned from Gary Vaynerchuk.   What’s funny is he started by saying he doesn’t usually listen to Gary V…

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Sharpening your ax

One problem I have with the epilogue of the Harry Potter book series is what happens to Hermione Granger.  I think she would have been a fantastic (and probably famous) witch. I say that because…

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