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MILLENNIALS NEED BOOMER ‘LEAVING LESSON’

May 11, 2017 by

    Leaving Lesson for the younger generation? Stick around. Once upon a time solving problems was simple. If something didn’t go your way, you left. The first class for Leaving Lessons explains how it works. You’ll learn the best time to bail is not a year on a calendar, but an age. 20 – […]

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espn EXPIRED CONTRACT, FIRED, DOWNSIZED, LAID OFF. HOW HAVE YOU HANDLED THESE THINGS?

April 26, 2017 by

What happens with an espn expired contract happens everywhere. Every day David Mamet told the secret in Glengary Glen Ross: ABC, or Always Be Closing. That’s how the pros work, always ready for the next job. Do that enough enough and you get the good coffee. If you wait you’re slipping behind. The shock of […]

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1948: BABY BOOM PLUS TWO

April 19, 2017 by

Special, or Not Special 1948 Any year that includes a symbol of peace getting shot dead loses luster. Like Martin Luther King in 1968. Gandhi in 1948, got it during a walk to a non-violent prayer in New Delhi. By a fellow Hindu. While he was on a continuing hunger strike against internal violence after […]

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BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: NO NOBEL LIKE A NEW JERSEY NOBEL

March 17, 2017 by

    Bruce Springsteen a future Nobel Laureate? If Bob Dylan wins a Nobel Prize for Literature, why wouldn’t the man once called ‘The Next Bob Dylan?’ Along with lyrics that dare challenge the scope of epic rock and rollers of the past, Gilgamesh, Homer, Virgil, Ovid, The Boss and his body of work stand […]

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C-SPAN, THE NEWS BEFORE IT’S NEWS ON SLOW-TV

February 21, 2017 by

  Why do people show up prepared and polite for C-SPAN?   Cruise through cable listings and you’ll find C-Span, short for Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network. Nothing fancy, not a lot of camera angles, just someone at a podium speaking, or on a panel. No drama, not histrionics, so what is it’s purpose? C-SPAN shows […]

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FLASHBACK FRIDAY TO ANOTHER PRESIDENT’S MEN

January 27, 2017 by

A Flashback Friday to George Bush? Just in time.   President Bush came into office with a promise: “Now the adults are in charge.” We’re all adults here? Aren’t parents the first adults we all encounter? We learn to love and trust our parents. We learn right from wrong. That’s what adults do with kids, […]

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HIDING THE TRUTH IN PLAIN VIEW? GOOD PLAN, MAN

January 13, 2017 by

Hiding The Truth? From baby boomers? Try again.   Sports fans know all about hiding the truth. Others not so much. For all the memory problems on record, no one forgets the highlights of hiding the truth. Did Barry Bonds get help breaking the all-time Major League Baseball home run record? He’s the head of […]

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ANTICIPATION VS PARTICIPATION pt 1: LEARNING

January 3, 2017 by

Don’t let anticipation ruin participation.   Here’s the situation: you have a plan to do something you’ve never done before. This is when every past failure shows up saying, “Who do you think you are?” Past success whispers, “You’re ready for this.” Of course we always listen to the reasonable voice, either one. No matter […]

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BOOMER ARMY RACE RELATIONS, 1974

December 11, 2016 by

The time Army race relations got it right. In the early stages of the All-Volunteer Army, recruiters filled the ranks with whoever showed up. The draft ended, so most of the smart guys stayed out of the way of The New Army. The people who did show up had their own agendas. Some wanted college […]

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NEXT ANGRY MAN UP IN THE WHITE HOUSE

December 6, 2016 by

Preparing the angry White House. How to tell if an angry man moves into an angry White House? It’s not because so many edited pictures show him mouthing either “F” or a “U.” That’s simply bad journalism, a smear, sour grapes. No one carries around a resting “F” face followed by a resting “U” face. […]

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