I've been walking around with the July/August 2007 issue of the Harvard Business Review constantly, for close to three years. Sometimes, if I’m getting on a plane, I’ll put it with the other heavy stuff into my luggage, and then get it out later. When my last car broke down in the middle of an [...]
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January 25th, 2010
 I collect data points constantly, and I index them by topic, and I always hope that they will come together in an interesting, useful way. Lots of times, that doesn’t happen, and I just have to throw ideas away, because I have a rule for myself that I have to be useful in every post.
How to manage a college education
Posted to: College and grad school
January 21st, 2010
The idea of paying for a liberal arts education is over. It is elitist and a rip off and the Internet has democratized access to information and communication skills to the point that paying $30K a year to get them is insane.
Martin Luther King Day Special: Racism is alive and kicking. (Hello, McDonald's)
Posted to: Diversity | Management
January 18th, 2010
The All-Star Rodeo Challenge came to Madison, WI last weekend, and the farmer took me and my kids. I was not thrilled about going, but I try to be open-minded when it comes to stuff that is new to me that I am not ever wishing I will get a chance to experience.
Do you overemphasize happiness?
Posted to: Fulfillment | Knowing yourself
January 14th, 2010
I think I’m over the happiness thing. I think I am thinking that the pursuit of happiness is, well, vacuous. I don’t think people are happy or unhappy. Because I think knowing if we are happy would require knowing the meaning of life, or the ultimate goal, or the key to the world, or something [...]
You should lead from the middle
Posted to: Management
January 13th, 2010
People talk about leadership like it’s a business crisis, and the exit of the baby boomers leaves a huge gap, and there are no aspiring leaders in the younger workforce.
8 Tips for anger management
January 8th, 2010
People at work are asking me why I am not working as many hours as I used to. I am. But I am working on anger management. Here are seven tips I've tried using:
You can be happier by reading this post
Posted to: Self-management
January 7th, 2010
I’m pretty sure that the people who pay attention to happiness research are actually happier people. And happiness begets happiness. So I have a feeling that me just writing a post about happiness, and you reading it makes us all happier.
How to make yourself more likable
January 6th, 2010
I am back with the farmer.
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Skateboard class emergency: My Xanax spills into the halfpipe. Too steep for my feet. I have to ask a kid on his board to pick up my pills. 6 days ago
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