Just over a month ago, I met up with an old friend who graduated medical school. He was entering the field of palliative care and we started taking about this blog post I had come across, about the Top Five Regrets of People on Their Deathbed. The idea there is summarized nicely and concisely by this xkcd cartoon: Of [...]
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Earlier this year I spent some time exploring the Skill-Will Matrix from the employee’s point of view, that is to say, the point of view that this classic model is typically NOT presented from. I also lightly brushed on the diagnostic element — every consultant and their grandmother knows how to use Skill-Will Matrix as a coaching tool (and it’s [...]
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Here’s my contribution to the wonderful world of GraphJam…
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From a friend’s status update on Facebook: Sandra: if it costs more than $1,000, I feel like I should be able to take a hammer to it, and have it still work when I’m done with it. (Yesterday at 9:04pm) Dan: again with those Ming Vases, Sandra… how many times to I gotta tell ya… [...]
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Here’s an amazing interactive infopron graph from the New York Times, based on data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ American Time Use Survey: (hat tip to DRZ) Some interesting things we learn from this data: At 8:30 a.m., more than 20 percent of the adults living with one child are asleep, compared with 15 percent [...]
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Here are two graphs done early this year, regarding U.S. job losses resulting from the current financial recession, as compared to previous recessions. Both graphs use the same data, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, but the difference between the graphs is startling. The first graph was put out by the office of a politician, Nancy Pelosi. [...]
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“I’m the kind of guy who will spend half a day working out a way to avoid doing something twice.” “Yup, I can relate to that. I just did that yesterday.” Frustrated with his struggle to conform with the world of time sheets and seeking a better way to manage his time, Michael Hunger [...]
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For some reason that morning, I thought to myself: “He’s going to start off by expressing humility.” I wasn’t disappointed.. but then again, after doing some quick web research, it turns out the previous U.S. President’s first inaugural address had a similar expression too. What was nice, though, was that Obama deliberately used the moment to eschew [...]
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There’s a lot of talk this time of year about retail sales, consumer spending and what this means for The Economy. With this talk comes statistics, and with these statistics come the classic metric of traditional retail, Same-Store Sales , or as I like to call it, Seam Sore Stales (Stale Sore Seams? Stole Sears Mare?). [...]
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more stats: WordPress Bloggers Who Like To Fill Surveys vs. People in the U.S. Who Voted
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This blog started a year yesterday. Since that time, the earth has returned to roughly the same position relative to the sun, but everything else is completely different… at least for me. During this time, my blog has matured, yea verily, like a fine single malt scotch in an oak sherry cask, soaking in random [...]
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