Month: September 2022
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The Cone of Uncertainty
Reading Time: 4 minutes As I write this, Randy and I are experiencing the approach of our first hurricane as Florida residents. It’s an interesting experience. My sister in Naples gave me some advice last week. She said when they start talking about a hurricane it takes twice as long to get here as they… Read more
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You Don’t Say…
Reading Time: < 1 minute One more thing about listening. Peter Drucker (a prominent management consultant and author) once said, “The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn’t said.” The point he was making is that listening involves more than just hearing. Often people omit things that are difficult to say or they… Read more
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Listen!
Reading Time: 4 minutes I wrote a short (1 minute read) post last Friday with a graphic that said (basically)….Listen and Silent contain the same letters…..coincidence? I’ve been thinking about listening a lot this week. Someone once told me that God gave us one mouth, but two ears. Another coincidence? Have you ever met a… Read more
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The Magic of Quiet
Reading Time: < 1 minute We live in a very noisy world, both literally and figuratively. It can make us feel overwhelmed, exhausted by the clatter and activity around us. Lots of people think they can’t live without “noise” around them. But silence can be golden. Consider this: you can’t really hear yourself think without… Read more
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50 Years Fly By
Reading Time: 5 minutes I had lunch with a good friend of mine a few weeks ago. Though she’s a bit younger than I am, she and her husband just celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. My 50th high school class reunion was last week. I got to thinking about how long 50 years really is… Read more
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Go Ahead, Touch Me
Reading Time: 2 minutes I’ve never liked to fly. But I do like the convenience, as I said in my post last week, of waking up in my own bed in Florida and having dinner in my all time favorite Mexican restaurant in Camdenton, Missouri. I’m careful about using the word hate, so I won’t… Read more
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Branson and Oozing Talent
Reading Time: 5 minutes Randy and I first visited Branson, Missouri about 25 years ago after we moved to Missouri. It’s a place we enjoy a lot, full of like-minded and age-related peeps. There’s an Ozarkland store there so I can say I actually worked in Branson for a tiny bit. Over the years, we’ve… Read more
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There’s No Place Like Home
Reading Time: < 1 minute The older I get, the more I (unintentionally) resemble people I think of as old foggies. Here we are, not even a week into our 10 day vacation to Missouri and I’m ready to go home. Not that I’m not enjoying seeing everyone, visiting former haunts, and eating like I’m… Read more