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Forget It Now

I’ve been in meetings all day so this will be really brief but sometimes short really is sweet!  I had breakfast this morning with a former colleague.  Although we were in different departments of a large company, we often collaborated on things along with a third person.  I always enjoyed her thinking on things – she was (and is) bright and energetic.  The work was challenging, especially since it was in the early days of digital and the “right” answers weren’t very obvious (and still aren’t a lot of the time!).

This morning she asked me a question I couldn’t answer:  why did the other colleague and I stop speaking to her?  What triggered our silence?  Honestly, I had no clue, but the question did remind me of a great lesson. Continue reading

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Dixie Chicken

“Tell me a story” is a phrase you hear a lot as a parent. When the kids don’t want to go right to bed, they’ll use it to stall. When they are feeling anxious, they’ll use it to gain some calming certainty. Stories predate written history and telling them is an art form. We all know a few great jokes (many of which aren’t for this space in my case…).  Told well, those can be great stories.  When you set a great story to music, you have a great song. Continue reading

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