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Meet Ken Okel

The path to results is an obstacle course, not a straight line. That’s the one thing Ken Okel learned after spending more than 10 years on-air in TV News, running a professional ballet company, and organizing more than 100 hurricane … Continue reading

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Friday Fun 9/23/2011

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The Czech President Must Be Stopped

One of the latest viral videos shows Czechoslovakian President Vaclav Klaus pocketing a fancy jewel-encrusted pen just after it was used in a signing ceremony with Chilean President Sabastian Pinera. Whether or not Klaus’ sticky fingers have created an international … Continue reading

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When You’re Lost, You Find Stuff

While spending time with friends, the topic of global positioning systems or GPS came up. The overall feeling was that while the devices help you find a location very well, you don’t learn as much about the area. Why look … Continue reading

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Do You Dream of Meetings

Most professionals dream of better hair, a slimmer waist, and shorter meetings. At best you’ll probably only be able to achieve one of these goals this year. As I’m not the guy to address hair or fitness challenges, let’s talk … Continue reading

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Stop Selling Encyclopedias

Remember when encyclopedias used to be sold door to door? Maybe you don’t because the big sets of books have long been replaced by the Internet as a source of information. Today it would not make sense to buy an … Continue reading

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Success, Failure & Computers

Sometimes there is very little that separates success and failure. Often it’s just one thing. When it comes to computers, they can give us daily lessons in dealing with our fear of failure. Recently, I was setting several laptops and … Continue reading

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Friday Fun 2-11-11

Remember, the way things are isn’t the way they will always be…

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