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Strictly Personal

Message of Thanksgiving

11.26.2009 Strictly Personal

Thanks to my friends Scotty and Carissa for passing along this true message of Thanksgiving. Have a great day and weekend.
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Welcome to The Daily Blur

11.25.2009 Strictly Personal

Is your life a bit of a blur? A busy blend of thats and thiseseses?
Me? I’m a work-at-home-dad-writer-cook-repairman-designer-consultant-speaker-playmate-and-way-more-but-I’m-afraid-my-hyphen-button-might-break.
And that was just yesterday.
That’s it, really: Too many hyphens. If that’s you, too, this is your kinda place. The Daily Blur will be a quick respite of useful somethings for useful somethings.
A place for pause. A very, [...]

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We Have Winners! Will’s 10 Rules …

11.16.2009 Authenticity

Last week, I asked you to help my five-year-old son, Will, and me come up with 10 Simple Rules for Being a Big Boy.
It was difficult sifting through the fine, fine suggestions posted both here and on facebook and through twitter.
But, Will was up to the task of selecting the simplest, bestest, biggest 10 that [...]

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Nerd Alert: New Office Art

11.16.2009 Good Deed Doing

“So, I got you something for your office last night,” says my wife at 5:30 this morning - holding our snuggly, seven-weeks-old-today Sarah in her arms.
I love her. And eBay. And this early Christmas present - 24″ x 36″ mint condition poster suitable for framing and hanging on the east wall.
I’m so thankful a girl [...]

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What are the 10 Big Boy Bees?

11.13.2009 Authenticity

We could sure use your help today. The boy and I are nearly finished with a project that started last Friday.
His physical therapist - Miss Jennifer - started reinforcing three simple “Be” rules:
1. Be safe.
2. Be kind.
3. Be responsible.
The boy, being an overachiever like his mother, didn’t think these three went far enough. He wanted [...]

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Quotes of Gratitude

11.09.2009 Authenticity

Working on a project for a client this morning, and I came across several quotes about gratitude and thankfulness. I’ll spare you the things for which I’m thankful (though I’d love to hear yours), but I will share these with you. I don’t know about you, but Thanksgiving’s my favorite holiday of the year.
Make it [...]

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Loud Noises.

07.30.2009 Getting Stuff Done

I’m working in my favorite little coffeeshop this morning. I’m wearing headphones. Yet, the music’s being drowned out by the complainer lady* a couple tables over.
No kidding. Everything sucks. The way the little league coach treats her kid sucks. The way the doctors in her office treat her sucks. The act has included not only [...]

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Gifts of Opportunity. Starring You.

07.30.2009 Strictly Personal

Struggling with a hard decision at work?
Why do it? Honestly - why do the hard thing?Maybe it’s not just for you. I mean, whatever the outcome, whatever the result, there’s grace in simply doing the hard thing.
On Saturday, we’re taking our son to his first movie at a movie theater. The Thompson Center’s inviting [...]

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Why not you? 840,000,000 reasons to be next.

07.27.2009 Getting Stuff Done

Great little interview with Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh on the heels of his company’s acquisition by Amazon on Entrepreneur.com’s website.
Before you think things like this happen to company’s much larger than yours, consider:

We’ve grown from almost no sales in 1999 to over $1 billion in gross merchandise sales in 2008. The No. 1 driver of [...]

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(13.1 Miles of) Baby Steps

09.15.2008 Getting Stuff Done

A little over six months ago I was a pack-and-a-half per day mess. Overwhelmed. Disorganized. Frustrating both myself and others.
I just committed to finishing my first half-marathon. I may have to start it tomorrow, but I will finish it.
How do you get from one place to another so different?
You just start walking.
And you [...]

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