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Back at my desk, trying to integrate what I learned yesterday into my publications #li
The pictures we took at Westbury Square are here. The rack-and-ruin of the old shopping center was at vivid contrast to the trim neighborhood around it.
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Major explorations are scheduled today. Looking for new resources. #li
The focus for today will be the search for new resources. On the web in the morning, and then in the afternoon, I'm going to look at a neighborhood revitalization project with a friend.
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Wondering about a better way to network #li
Enjoyed meeting Melissa Darragh at TEDxHouston happy hour last night. She has set me to thinking about the networking model again, as did Kelsey Ruger when he as pushing this thread in Quora. You can look at a thousand ice-breaking tools and structured networking tools, but the first requirement is that you have someone who…
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Many things done today but nothing finished.
I hereby commit to publish something on Monday. Seriously.
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Retouching my bio and making sure LinkedIn, resume and other items reinforce the story #li
As I'm getting ready to send a new QViews newsletter, I realized I needed an up-to-date bio to publish in the sidebar, and then I'll have to tweak my LinkedIn profile and resume so they all strengthen one another.
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Having a satisfying end to a stressful day of sorting out priorities #li
After morning visit to the doctor's office and mid-afternoon agony over choosing what's important enough to struggle over, I'm heading to the treadmill to burn.
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Self-conscious loyalty and the fear of selling out
Rob Horning is a writer at Pop Matters and The New Inquiry who worries about the assumptions of modern life. Love in the Age of Self-Consciousness is a good place to get a taste of his thinking. While I was looking for unique expressions of loyalty, I came across an interview he did with Rob…
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New routine beginning to work, but still have too much to do
After two and a half weeks, it's clear that my new routine is working, but I still am trying to do way too many things. Trying to decide what to give up is hard. Restructuring the Creative Houston web site has turned out to be harder than I expected. And the work for the Columbia…
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People can be loyal to each other if owners don’t get in the way
Some companies are designed to provide great customer service, but any company can emerge a good system by holding person-to-person interaction as sacred. The challenge is for managers to know what's going on, and probably the best tactics are 'management by walking around' and trying to 'be the customer' as realistically as possible. Relying on…
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Begin collecting other people’s stories on loyalty #li
Having come to the crashing realization that my own loyalty stories are boring, I'm going to start collecting them from other people. Here's a good one from Danelle Reed. Feel free to add stuff for me.
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