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What a Difference a Day Makes

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I like today – how about you?

If today was half as good as tomorrow is supposed to be,
it would probably be twice as good as yesterday was.

— Norman Ralph Augustine

Today I’m energetic and effective and efficient.  It feels exceptional.  Yesterday I was disjointed, dodging and discouraged.  It felt dreadful.

But what really tickles me today is how much I like this sense of being present and accountable.  What happened overnight to effect this change?  Two things come to mind: technology and slipping back into, or at least close to, my comfort zone.

You see, the technology I’ve depended on has been secretly failing, losing one little capability at Continue reading » What a Difference a Day Makes

Is Weisure Time a Good Thing?

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Is weisure time a blessing or a curse for you???

I had a weisurely weekend… “What,” you ask, “is weisure?”  It’s blending work with leisure, leisure with work. Work + Leisure = Weisure. Is it a good thing?  Maybe, maybe not.

Weisure makes a value judgment and comes across as critical of the way in which many western men and women live ‘lesser’ lives because of its instant and in-touch nature.  I see the experience as enriching and don’t bemoan the passing of the ‘old’ way of life, since there is no reason why the two cannot co-exist.

William Keyser

Shackled or Free?

I remember a time when I rejected the idea that Continue reading » Is Weisure Time a Good Thing?

Cup o’ Inspiration

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Take a short break and consider the following:

“Learning and innovation go hand in hand. The arrogance of success is to think that what you did yesterday will be sufficient for tomorrow.”

William Pollard

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