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Category Archives: Back to the Basics

Back to the Basics #8: How Do You Handle Criticism?

18-Sep-07

In class on Thursday, despite appearing to not be paying attention because I was intensely editing this new theme, I was actually paying attention to what the professor was saying and Alt-Tabbing to take notes from time to time.
One thing, and really only one thing, stood out to me, but I remembered it last night [...]

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Back to the Basics #7: Experience Trumps Education

23-Aug-07

Continuing my series on forgetting the complicated things of life and reconnecting with what is important, we’re going to discuss the importance of experience. Right off, though, I want to make it clear that I’m not advocating slacking off in school or not going to college in exchange for a job right out of high [...]

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Back to the Basics #6: Getting to the Core Pulp

14-Aug-07

I met a really neat guy at SOBCon in Chicago in May. I was sitting in the pub with Phil and Mike and Terry when others started sitting down around us (I guess I wasn’t smelling bad after a VERY long day… yet). Suddenly, someone who everyone else obviously knew came in and was pressured [...]

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Back to the Basics #5: Happiness Is Hard Work

03-Aug-07

Today we have a special guest blogger. He’s not a blogger at all, in fact. I opened the doors to all the people that I enjoy conversing with and communicating on different levels, and this article comes from SSgt Phillip Oriol from Phoenix, Arizona. I’ve known him for the better part of 9 months through [...]

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Back to the Basics #4: 7 Steps to Reconnect with an old friend (in 30 minutes or less)

30-Jul-07

Today is a two’fer Monday!
My good friend and brother in heart, Phil Gerbyshak over at Make it Great! He’s quite the Relationship Geek that he claims to be; he really lives up to it with 500+ relationships on his LinkedIn profile. He’s a prolific writer and author of 10 Ways to Make It Great! and [...]

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Back to the Basics #3: One Step Back to a Better World

30-Jul-07

I have asked several of my new bloggy friends and mentors to offer their own view out the window of getting back to the basics over the next couple of weeks. Here is the first guest installment for my Back to Basics series. Every now and then, we all need to go back to the [...]

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Back to the Basics #2: Be Grateful for What You Have

23-Jul-07

It is amazing how much we take for granted in America. Sometime around 11:00 am, I was pondering how blessed we are to have a 2 bedroom apartment with 2 bathrooms so early in our marriage. To get a house that has any more than what we have now (that can support more people and [...]

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