My kids, mesmerized by the idea of worldwide scavenger hunt known as The Amazing Race, wanted to watch the race’s finale last night on CBS. So we did. The team that won did a great job. But so did the other teams. In fact, victory last night wasn’t determined by skill as much by logistics: [...]
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If you woke up tomorrow and had wings, what would you do? Go for a fly around town? Hide ‘em? Call your family with the news? Waking up with wings would bring you incredible opportunity, obviously… but it would also bring quite a few new responsibilities and also a number of logistical challenges. For instance: [...]
What do you do if you find yourself on a team of underwhelming talent? First of all, recognize that you’re probably not the high flyer you think you are. Even if you’re better than all of those other goofs, there is a strong chance that your superlative work is a matter of degrees and not [...]
If you want feeling in your life, you have to add it; soul won’t come to you. Soul doesn’t just exist by itself. Things that come to you are lifeless. Not dead, necessarily, but without that spark that makes them special. Special = soul = life. My children know this. Yours, too. Better than most [...]
For as long as I can remember, Friday’s are my Bad Luck Days. The computer’ll crash, the car’ll stall, the toaster’ll explode… at the worst possible moment. And no one will be around to help, and the cell phone will die, so I’ll be stuck with no way to let anyone know what’s up. Welcome [...]
I had lunch the other day with someone who told me she was sometimes appalled by how people need to be reminded of such basic skills such as how to be polite. Frankly, I don’t know why she was appalled. It’s not like any of us elitists are any more perfect than the masses—we’re just [...]
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