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LONG RELATIONSHIPS? I’M A FAN

Long relationships that have stood the test of time amaze me. Call me befuddled, bemused, bewildered. How can anyone do it, let alone me? The first thing is finding anyone able to put up with your crap. It’s works even better when they don’t consider your crap to be crap. Take my wife, please.

SCREEN SPACE vs AIR TIME: BEING HELPFUL

What are the goals of screen space and air time? Fill them up. That’s the primary goal. Secondary goals are making sense, being interesting, and ultimately trying to be helpful. I’m helpful. Which isn’t a way of asking, ‘Are you helpful?’

CAPITAL ONE TRUST WEAKNESS NEEDS EXERCISE

How’s your Capital One trust? If it’s weak, you can fix it. But start small. You don’t tell new people all of your secrets at once and you don’t throw your important data at whoever asks for it. I agree with old Ernie here, you make people trust-worthy by trusting them. I’ll start with something […]

FACEBOOK VIDEO EXPLAINS CONTINENTAL DRIFT

What comes to mind when you read the words ‘Facebook video?’ A ‘How To’ video? A vacation experience? A medical cure all? Or geological process?

VALIDATED LIFE? GET YOUR TICKET STAMPED EARLY

A validated life, like a validated parking garage ticket, means freedom. Except the validated parking ticket is more direct. Put the card in the slot, the bar rises, you drive away. What constitutes a validated life that raises the bar to escape the couch you’ve been parked on?

LEADERS LEAD, THAT’S WHY THEY’RE CALLED LEADERS

Everyone knows leaders lead. The big mystery is why anyone follows a leader. And if it’s a mystery to you, maybe you’re following the wrong leader. Or you’re married. Let’s break down the makings of a good leader and get things straightened out.