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FOLLOW THE LEADER? NOT SO FAST

June 19, 2026 by

‘Follow the leader,’ they say. ‘It’ll be a fun learning experience.’ If that’s a green light for you, take another look. Maybe ask a question like, ‘Where are we going?’

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RESPECT PEOPLE WHO TRUST YOU, OR . . .

June 18, 2026 by

This is the shocking end to a man trusted to respect people in his country. It was all good until it wasn’t. Is there a lesson to learn? The people he governed had had enough and voted him out? Nooooo.

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AUDIENCE RECOGNITION: KNOW THE ROOM

June 17, 2026 by

Albert Einstein had audience recognition with his letter in 1939. His audience? Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States. He knew the room. It was one person.

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BETTER LISTENING SKILLS FOR BETTER UNDERSTANDING

June 16, 2026 by

If practicing better listening skills isn’t a life goal, it should be. How hard is it to pay attention? You did it in the classroom with the encouragement of a teacher. I still remember Mr. Kraus singing ‘Toot toot tootsie goodbye’ when he tossed little tootsie rolls to students with the right answer in algebra. […]

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RETURNING REVERENCE TO IT’S RIGHTFUL PLACE

June 15, 2026 by

There’s a scent of reverence in the air, of returning reverence after a long pause. It started in my doctor’s office where I’d been called to sit on a panel with others. One of the others was Roy Pittman, one of my personal heroes. The next time I saw the doctor he told me he […]

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NBA CHAMPION CROWNED, AGAIN

June 14, 2026 by

Becoming an NBA champion is a lifelong goal for every basketball player in the world. The best want to play the best, beat the best, to tell themselves they’re good enough. It’s that along with contracts and money and fame. All of that goes along the wayside when you stop playing in ninth grade like […]

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CLEAN LIVING FOR A QUIET LIFE

June 13, 2026 by

Clean living is an art form, and like all art it takes practice. Yes, we’re talking about practice. It takes practice to talk without a particular tone, without too much edge. Do that and you may have a productive conversation. Go ahead and save the tone and edge for people you don’t know, who don’t […]

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PREDICTION BETTING FOR THE CLAIRVOYANTS IN THE CROWD

June 11, 2026 by

If you listened to a clairvoyant’s advice watching the 4th game of the NBA Finals last night you would have cleaned up on prediction betting.   Clair: Sure they’re twenty-nine points down, but just wait. You: Yeah, okay swami, I’m turning it off. I can’t take it. Clair: Don’t do that. You’ll be sorry. What […]

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“REALLY HIGH” BY KEVIN LOVE

June 10, 2026 by

Kevin Love of NBA, UCLA, and Lake Oswego High fame listed a few things he likes to do when he gets high, what he likes to do when he’s really high, adding more for when he’s REALLY high. The big man is talking about weed, marijuana, dope, ganja, grass, hippie lettuce, herb, pot, Mary Jane. […]

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GIVING GOOD ADVICE, OR . . . ?

June 9, 2026 by

Who reads blogs for good advice? If you do, is there any follow through? Asking what to do means there might be a problem. The biggest problem is when you’re the only one who sees the problem. Then what?

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