4 Dec 2008
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Last week I posted a few lessons I’ve learned along the way that I wanted to share with you. And in return I asked for you to respond with your own lessons in life, design or faith that you’ve learned to share with all of us. Now I know this isn’t the “end-all-be-all” list of lessons to share with each other, but I’m reminded by what someone smarter than me once said; “you have to start somewhere.”
My hopes are that you find something today that will inspire you and help you push past whatever problem you’re facing. To encourage you to open up your life and let others help you out. And in the end to help others out the same way.
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24 Nov 2008
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I love helping to bring people together because I know we all learn from each other’s mistakes as well as successes. So when I watched Jason Fried speek at the Business Innovation Factory (BIF) 4 Conference last week I was inspired by what he had to say.
In short he compared how chef’s have no fear of showing people how to cook the food they love to cook to the way companies fear sharing their information. It was interesting and thought provoking because so many people in the business world want to keep their work a secret, filing patent’s and lawsuits day after day. But what Jason says throws all the rules out the window, and it really hit home for me where I agree that we should loosen up and open up our ideas, our visions, our best-practices and share with everyone how to do what we do. Because when we do something well we shouldn’t be afraid of sharing that with others in fear that they might do it better than us. That’s nonsense.
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10 Nov 2008
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Last month I held a contest for my one-year blogiversary. It was my first contest to hold, ever, and I was a little nervous to see how it would go. But after receiving over thirty comments it was my greatest post to date. It was a blast getting to read everyone’s comments. Some just came right out and explained why they wanted the note books, while others quoted whole poems (not sure what that was about). It even opened the door to make some new connections. Thanks again to everyone that stopped by and left your comments.
However, there could only be one winner and that’s what I wanted to share with you today.
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7 Nov 2008
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This is a story ahead of it’s time where a man meets and marries a woman he met on myspace.
I arrived in Japan August 19, 2004, exactly one year after entering the Air Force. I had no idea the many trials and triumphs that awaited me. One thing was for sure though, I had a very strong unfamiliar feeling when I first arrived.
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