Category Archives: life
Watching a train wreck
This whole Charile Sheen meltdown in the most public way (including his new webcast/video and Twitter) is kinda like watching a train wreck in slow motion. You want to look away but you just can’t. Wow! It’s intriguing to watch … Continue reading
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I am ready…
… for winter! These hot, humid days are very un-Perth-like. This is not fun anymore. I’m looking forward to some cold, rainy days. That’s all.
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Embarrassing!
I recently discovered, quite by accident, that the Google search for my name brought up my blog at the top of the list (which is kind of nice), but also revealed that somehow the description text accompanying the blog link … Continue reading
How much do we want people to see behind the curtain?
I’ve recently been following a bunch of stuff being written about the privacy debate raging on in certain segments of the media, and along with reflecting on my own “public” life, it’s got me thinking a lot about just how … Continue reading
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Three Tips to Move from Busy to Productive
Are you doing what matters most right now? I hate that question, but it is such a critical question to ask and answer honestly. Too often , the answer is “no”. We fritter a huge chunk of our day away … Continue reading
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Viewing the Church from the Outside
For the past 15 years or more, I have primarily been viewing the Church from the inside. That is to say, I’ve been an insider, where my primary time, energy and relational connections have been within the boundaries of the … Continue reading
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The purpose of anything
I was in a business meeting the other day where a particular participant kept focusing on building a business so he could sell it. He kept on repeating this idea, and it seemed for him a very strong motivator, this … Continue reading
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How NOT to do a phone interview
So, I get this phone call today from a research group doing a little survey on a person I have recently done some business with… would I mind answering a few questions about the person in question? Well, the person … Continue reading
The taxi driver, John Howard, and new beginnings…
FROM THE PASTOR Last week, while in Melbourne for a few days, I enjoyed a taxi ride from the airport to the conference centre where I was staying, and met the most fascinating cab driver I’ve chatted to in quite … Continue reading
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THE Twitter and Facebook Question
I’ve been really thinking a lot lately about whether the whole social networking space defined by tools like Twitter and Facebook are really worth engaging in. Recently, just due to a very full-on schedule and lots of late meetings, etc., … Continue reading
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