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Monthly Archives: August 2011
Top 10 Ways To Become More Resilient
Dr. Charney & Dr. Southwick’s Resiliency Prescription
Practice Optimism
Identify a Resilient Role Model
Develop a Moral Compass
Practice Altruism
Develop Acceptance and Cognitive Flexibility
Face Your Fears and Control Negative Emotions
Build Active Coping Skills
Establish a Supportive Social Network
Stay Physically Fit
Laugh as much as you can.
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Explore AZ : August 19th – 21st : Payson, AZ
So back in 2009 I talked about starting ExploreAZ tweetups. I did get the RV out one time in 2010 shortly after that post to Catalina State Park outside of Tucson. After putting some money into the RV and getting [...]
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Ruby Revolution Rebuttal
Mark Turner has made a great response titled “Ruby never powered a revolution” to counter my recent post “Ruby is Just a Bunch of Tools“. Excerpts from Mark’s post bold.
“I decided he was wrong.”
Mark, I am never wrong. However, I [...]
Posted in Agile, Creativity, Integrum
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Sunday Book Review: Home A Memoir of My Early Years by Julie Andrews
Home: A Memoir of My Early Years by Julie Andrews Edwards
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I forgot how great Andrews was on broadway. This did a great job of covering her life from her own account from birth up until [...]
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Political Bites : Should East Valley Schools Start Later?
Would you support an idea to start the school year after Labor Day, when it’s cooler?
It would seem that the only reason to do so would be cost savings in air conditioning. Children in most industrialized countries go to school [...]
Posted in Education, Political Bites
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Notes From Whuffie Factor
Notes from Whuffie Factor by Tara Hunt
“Whuffie is the culmination of your reputation, influence, bridging and bonding capital, current and potential access to ideas, talent and resources, saved-up favors and accomplishments.”
“By showing customers you are listening to their concerns and [...]
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Notes From Fierce Leadership
Quotes and notes from Fierce Leadership by Susan Scott.
Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinions. — Jack Kerouac
Your most valuable currency is relationship. Emotional capital.
Conventional measures of business success shouldn’t be ignored. Human [...]
Posted in Community, Creativity, Productivity
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AZ Commerce Authority Full of Wrong Industry
Governer Jan Brewer announced the new AZ Commerce Authority Board today. It is no surprise that it is full of Land Developers, Sports/Tourism and Manufacturing. All industries that were leaders of the OLD economy.
All of the people appointed appear intelligent [...]
Posted in AZ
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Thoughts On Deep Economy
Some notes on Deep Economy by Bill McKibben
“Perhaps the very act of acquiring so much stuff has turned us ever more into individuals and ever less into members of a community, isolating us in a way that runs contrary to [...]
Ruby is Just a Bunch of Tools
I have always liked Unix because of it’s mentality that lots of small tools chained together could be more than an opaque larger tool. In this instance. I mean Rubyists are a bunch of Tools not of the useful kind.
Maybe [...]
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