Archives for June, 2007

You Need to Fail in order to Succeed


Michael Jordan once said:
“I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”

 If you feel like you’re failing at something important in [...]

What I Learned from My First Job


Robert Hruzek – the master of the quirky story pictured here – has invited many of us to make a contribution to his latest Group Writing Project at Middlezone Musings.  The theme? What Have You Learned from the World of Work?
Here’s my piece…
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My first job upon leaving High School was in a dangerous, smelly electroplating factory, getting [...]

This Week: A Summary


Best Thing I Came Across Online: Parenting Advice in Pictures (sample of How to Stop Choking article below).

Best Thing I Came Across Off-line: The twister-like phenomenon near my house. By the time I got the camera and snapped off the photo below, it had begun to dissipate. But this is something you don’t see in [...]