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“He was just … so into you.”

Thanks, Coach.

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All The Difference

Poor young ladies …
Tonight, a group of students from the venerable Stephens College will get together and listen to a rapidly-graying, slightly-addled, hyphen-loving-father-of-two babble on about the lessons of a misspent youth.
Why would they bother?
They’re being offered free pizza and stuff. And maybe, just maybe, one or two of them might read between the [...]

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A Weekly Blur

Phew. What a week. How about you?
We spent most of the last week in Illinois visiting mom and dad and celebrating perfect weather for planting corn.
We’re very big on seed time and harvest around these parts.
Want to learn how patience is the greater expression of commitment? Spend a little time with a farmer. Those crops [...]

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Are You A Gift Artist?

Do you give great gifts? Perfect gifts? Are you that person?
Each of us has that one person in our realm of association who’s just a better gift-giver than everyone else. They make a high art out of giving just the right gift.
That’s a powerful skill to possess, my friends.
Think about how you scratch your [...]

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Charlie Makes a Difference

I like it when dots connect … especially on Fridays. Don’t you?
My friend Charlie (I really think you’d like Charlie, by the way, but then again, it’s kinda hard to dislike someone named Charlie, isn’t it?) posted a YouTube link to a video by The Weepies to his facebook status last night.
Charlie wrote:
“Hard to say [...]

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Can you get to 50? What's it take?

Weather extended my parents’ 50th anniversary celebration a couple extra days, and we got back to Mizzou last night. I spent a lot of time wondering on the eight-hour drive home:
What does it take – in the age of divorce – to get to 50 years of marriage?
And …
What does it take – in the [...]

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It Was 50 Years Ago Today

They said, “I do.”
And they’re the reason I’m here, sure, but they’re also the reason I like to think I’m polite and respectful and curious and, on occasion, a little funny. They’re also the reason I have two siblings – older siblings … much older siblings – whose reputations and good deeds I’ve tried to [...]

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Thinking In Pictures Saturday Night

HBO premieres Temple Grandin tomorrow night. It’s the story of an inventor, advocate, and author who made an awful lot of people rethink autism. Her book, Thinking In Pictures, is the first book many parents read when they learn their children have the developmental disorder.
Here’s a fine piece about the production by The Daily Beast [...]

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Two Kinds of Compliments

“Young man, I want to pay you two compliments,” he said – with a wink in his voice before even so much as ‘hello’ in our weekly phone call.
These calls always make me nervous. What if we’re tracking downward? What if the things we’re doing aren’t working? But, you make the call.
You do the hard [...]

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House Money, Four Little Words & The Night Everything Changed

Yesterday, as I planned my week ahead, I initially chose to write about strategic planning this morning. I owe you parts two through five of a simple way to make strategic planning doable. I was stressed about the week ahead – a monstrous to-do list as our practice and levels of responsibility continue to grow.
Then, [...]

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