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June 1, 2009 · 11:24 am

Braggin’ Rights

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This is going to be one of those posts that might make you yawn or scratch your head or both.   However, if you’ll try and stick with me for a bit, maybe it will make you think a bit as well. Continue reading →

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May 27, 2009 · 9:39 am

Talk To Me

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When you’re having a conversation with your friends, do you try to sell them your latest MLM scheme? When you start up a discussion at a dinner party about the economy, is their response usually about how to position your portfolio for success NOW? I didn’t think so.  So why do you, or anyone else, think that this is totally acceptable behavior in conversational media? Continue reading →

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May 19, 2009 · 9:24 am

We Win

If it’s a win-win situation
Then why am I feelin’ so blue
You win, I win, we lose

Kenny Chesney

It’s always interested me when people talk about “win-win” deals. The reality is that most of the people I know mean “I get what I want and you don’t have to give up much more than you want to” when they use that term.  It strikes me that taken to an extreme, the notion of “I win, you win” got us to The Civil War, as the North ended slavery (win) and the South decided to go someplace where they could preserve it (win). Of course, the collective “we” lost. Continue reading →

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