Thought du Jour

Posted on January 31, 2012 by danspira

Experience without reflection and interpretation is just experience entertainment distraction.

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Expired Currency

Posted on January 23, 2012 by danspira

There will come a morning when you wake up and realize that the thing that you carried as currency — your pride, resentment, bitterness — no longer has any purchasing power. These old coins — chips that have fallen off your shoulder — have become like so much clutter in the home of your mind. [...]

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Learning the ABCs of Success, Social Media Style

Posted on January 21, 2012 by danspira

[This is a social media-generated post... the views represented here are not necessarily those of the Meme Menagerie, its agents or affiliates... etc. etc..., notwithstanding the foregoing, yeah, these probably are my views... etc. etc... you agree to hold the Menagerie harmless for any damages caused... etc. etc. ...parties hereto... etc. etc... means and methods... etc. [...]

Filed under: Business, Career, Communication Skills, humor, Instructional Design, Learning, Metaphors, Sales, Social Media | 4 Comments »

Making Fun (out) of Bad Presentations

Posted on January 17, 2012 by danspira

This video was posted onto YouTube seven days ago by the folks at Growing Leaders: Within a mere seven days this “Every Presentation Ever: Communication FAIL” video has garnered over 178,000 views — that’s good publicity for an organization that does good work. It’s easy to understand why people like this video… what’s a bit harder to understand is why two of [...]

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Post-entrepreneurial Stress Dream

Posted on January 16, 2012 by danspira

In my dream last night, I was in a meeting with my former business partner and our lead investor.  The lead investor had decided that he and his group wanted to buy back in to our venture, which we had sold off years ago.  My partner was very excited to restart our business and he asked [...]

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Quote du Semaine

Posted on January 13, 2012 by danspira

“How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these.” – George Washington Carver

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Making Good Habits Stick Like Bellyfat

Posted on January 12, 2012 by danspira

Last week, I noticed an article posted on the Chicago Tribune website, “A bit of fit: The keys to maintaining your weight loss.”  Ah yes… where journalism and seasonal linkbait collide. Ok, I’ll bite. Yes, it’s now that time of year where all the non-regulars (irregulars?) are at the gym, working their way through their 30 day free [...]

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Cogito ergo > SUM(‘whelmed’)

Posted on January 2, 2012 by danspira

My ability to think things through is greater than the sum of all the surrounding pressures that would otherwise define me. (HT GYehuda) re: “I am” ———– whelmed

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