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Arrogance or confidence -- how can we tell the difference? I’ve heard some say a healthy dose of arrogance is needed. I’m not so sure. Far more valuable and necessary is a humble confidence. A humble confidence is evident in the one who never puts too much emphasis on
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For years many encouraged this former HR director to be a graphic designer. I could see things and draw them with ease, often adding that clever, artistic touch. Despite the consistent encouragement, I instead pursued a management career. Later there was one of those “seasons in life” when I thought,
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So today it’s exceptionally tempting to talk about the plethora of games currently being played. Lest I be unclear, "games" such as... 1. Hillary’s uncanny defense of a private email account. 2. The rhetorical ping pong between the Executive and Legislative branches on who has the
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The Intramuralist posted last week that they don’t care if Hillary Clinton used only a private, personal email server during her entire tenure as Secretary of State. But I do. Here's why.... I want to know what happened during Benghazi. Four American diplomats lost their lives on
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I've just started a new job, and I laid out specific expectations for the employees who report to me. Number 1 - Honesty. I told them, as long as you shoot straight with me, then I can trust the things you say. As soon as you tell me something
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So join me, if you will, in a bit of a facetious exercise... I don’t care if Hillary Clinton used only a private, personal email server during her entire tenure as Secretary of State. I don’t care if her explanation seems muddled and her mood both calculated and
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Throughout the course of history, man has looked for a sign from God... From Gideon’s thrown out fleece -- multiple times -- asking God to make the plan perfectly clear -- to Jim Carrey crying out to Morgan Freeman’s God character in “Bruce Almighty,” asking how to make people love him
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[With the Intramuralist tending to a special family event, I share one of my favorite editorials. This insightful piece was written by Taffy Brodesser-Akner, originally appearing on Salon.com in April of 2011.] Janet and I would likely have never met, save for the thing that unites so many
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We get so wrapped up in the world around us... so wrapped up in our passions and perspectives that sometimes we lose sight of what’s most important. And then... some days... something makes us stop. Something puts all else in perspective. For me, that’s my sister. Nicole is
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On Thursday the internet was flooded with a singular image (...perhaps to distract us from the massive internet regulations also adopted that day... but lest I digress...). The image could simply be coined as “THE DRESS.” The picture posed on social media was of a new, colorful dress. Some saw
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True to our namesake, once upon a time this semi-humble, athletic enthusiast routinely rewarded myself with a college Phys. Ed. class. My goal was to take one each semester to balance out the work load. Upon graduation therefore -- right below my highly respected and useful classes of Econ, BLaw,
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Let’s see if this works (... ahem... forgive me now...). In light of the subjectivity that many believe exists within the award distribution by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, I thought, perhaps, we could creatively combine a topic or two and come up with our own semi-