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Three Simple Rules to Avoid Screaming After You Hit Send

I was sitting at an airline gate when my iPhone beeped. It was a Direct Twitter Message from one of my team. I quickly texted a follow up message and hit send. I had just sent this personal message……. “Are you out of your mind! That may be the dumbest idea I have ever heard!” to the entire world. At …

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Silence Isn’t Golden!

A man and his wife were feuding at home and were giving each other the silent treatment. After a week of no communication, the man realized that he would need his wife to wake him at 5:00 AM for an early morning business flight to Chicago. Not wanting to be the first to break the silence (AND LOSE), he wrote …

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Are You Having A Contraction?

It’s Lighten Up monday I have a friend that wrote “Good Grief” an inspiring story of how she navigated the stormy waters of illness and tragic loss. She also wrote about the thoughtless things people say to friends in pain. I should have read her book before speaking to my wife in the delivery room!   [youtube id=”ajPhBEVsfDg”] Duh!  Think …

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The Birth of an Argument!

It’s Monday!  Time to lighten up and live!  You can relax.  I am saving my April Fools post for tomorrow! Diane and I have been married for 45 years and I think we argue more than then ever before…… because neither of us can hear any more. We have entire arguments in our house with just one word…. WHAT!  Humor …

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The Best Award Ever!

Over the years I have received many awards and a lot of positive recognition.  Some of those awards hang on my wall or sit on a special shelf.  I appreciate all of them. BUT none of them come close to this!