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add value My dad is 92 years old. Actually, he’s 92 and a half years old as I reminded him recently. “It’s been a long time since I counted half years”, he replied to me. I think we all stop counting our half year milestones once we hit double digits. It’s amazing...
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Next month I’ll “celebrate” the 31st anniversary of turning 21. Thirty. One. Years. To me, that passing of time seems both fleeting and possessing of so much. In my twenties, life seemed so wide open. I couldn’t conceive of the many things I didn’t know and would learn along the...
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Is attracting and hiring smart people over-rated? Heck no! A company, team, committee, or board can’t have too much intelligence among team members. Smart people develop smart ideas and, after all, those really are the best kind of ideas. It’s just that there are some other characteristics I’d like to...
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Last week my wife and I spent a lovely weekend in Los Angeles. We invaded my cousin’s home and spent time with his wonderful family. As an aside, the two energetic and precocious boys we temporarily displaced from their bedroom made me feel both wistful and relieved as I thought...
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Thank you Marci. My mom did get a chance to read it to him, and I'm very grateful for that.