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The Massive Economy of Imperfection Concealment
Well I am sitting here waiting to hear from the printer so I can see the proof of the cover of the 3rd edition of “Principles” and I thought, well, I can make productive use of my wait time by … Continue reading
Some oceanographers are less equal than others
So I was watching 60 Minutes last night and there was Robert Ballard chatting about finding the Titanic. He pointed out that everyone else was doing things the same old way (using sonic echo technology), even though repeated applications of … Continue reading
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overcoming failure is getting to be fashionable
it’s interesting how many twitter tweets there are these days re: webpages and blogs that talk about overcoming failure. There is a fairly common theme to these posts, which is “I never experienced failure before . . .” Well this … Continue reading
Are You Sick of Innovation?
Digital natives, please note: there is a market for things that never change. … There is a lot to be said for constantly offering something new. There’s also a lot to be said for Norman Rockwell and Lawrence Welk, neither of whom died poor.
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elimination of risk is not leadership nor is it a winning strategy
A whole bunch of seemingly separate items all fell into one big pile today. Simply stated, it has occurred to me that there are an awful lot of people who think that success can be achieved merely by eliminating all … Continue reading
talent, not enough. determination, not enough either.
So I was reading this blog post somewhere today about a book called “talent is overrated.” I was in immediate agreement with this pithy little phrase… it always bothered me when people would refer to my pro bass playing as … Continue reading
Seven dirty words you CAN say on television
Readers of this blog know that semantics are (is?) Something of an avocation of mine. And, after reading some of the political comments to the Huffington post about a college course in stupidity listed below, this got me to rethinking … Continue reading
Stupidity Science and Healthcare
Regular readers of this blog already know that I am somewhat of a contrarian in the way I think and in the way I look at the world in general. Having written a book about the wonderful uses of stupidity, … Continue reading
