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84A Hike By the Sea
Every once in awhile I get the calling. Like medicine for the debilitated, it hints of relief with its bucolic salve. It asks for nothing, and does not try to impress, or offer heralded expectations. And even though I hope, it never disappoints....
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76Should I Stay or Should I Go?
I've had this habit for some time. I'm driving on the freeway in traffic, when I notice the lane next to me seems to be going faster, so I switch lanes. Invariably, right after I do, the other lane starts going faster. But I don't want to switch...
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79Pushing the Outer Edge
I'm intrigued by people who continually push the limits of human potential. In any form. Like having a Formula 1 racing car and going ten miles an hour, I don't believe we often come close to using our full abilities. I've written about our...
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68All or nothing at all ...
How many news days go by without a new crisis? It used to mean something. Now when our government can't make up its mind about a spending/debt plan, it becomes a new crisis. A crisis is, by definition, "an unstable or crucial time or state of...
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78Push Me Pull You
Using public transportation as an example, a look at how people tend to get stuck in the problem - like the Push Me Pull You from Dr. Dolittle - instead of being focused on collaborative outcomes. Once we let go of being right instead of relevant, there are few limits to the potential we have to help to move our world in a positive direction.
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72The Yoko Factor
I was watching George Clooney on the news this week talking about the Sudan crisis. Like with Joseph Kony, there are war lords and leaders in Sudan who are practicing "ethnic cleansing", murder and intimidation of innocent people. Clooney is, of...
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75Can Social Media Effect Change?
A broad response to the Hubpages question: "Can social media and online communities really Stop the creation of Child Soldiers and Slavery?"
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80Death of a Salesman
In college, I took a course called "Salesmanship". Basically, the instructor showed 19 year olds how to sell products, themselves, and whatever else required the art of manipulation to get someone else to do what you wanted them to. Oh yes, I know,...
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63The Blistering Afternoon
In the blistering afternoon of a miracle He sits in stunned silence, not recognizing his surroundings. In the shadows are secrets unrevealed, A mysterious blemish that must exist Through the lens of the miracle. How does the seasoned...
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76How to be A Positive Deviant
How to be a positive deviant, in whatever social, relationship, or organizational system one is in. Positive deviants are positive, solution-focused and continually look for ways to move things forward in unique, edgy and transformative ways. This hub describes the concept and then gives suggestions on how to adopt this way of thinking into your own life.
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