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After entering the professional world years ago (and earning my first “real” paycheck, if you know what I mean), I remember one of those early performance reviews. It was the first time someone on the other side of the desk looked me square in the eye and said, “You are
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So I did a little bit of a word search this week… What’s the opposite of gratitude? A casual search suggests ingratitude, thoughtlessness, rudeness, disregard, refusal, and multiple more responses. A more creative search suggests a lack of appreciation for something given or done to you or to someone
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And there she was… the young gal, maybe 19, 20… doing cartwheel after cartwheel in the afternoon sunshine in the park. As I was out for my daily walk (which is a little bit longer now since my local gym is closed), it struck me… What does it take to
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As society slows, what can we learn? Is there something we can glean and grow from? … maybe even something that is — dare I say — potentially good? Something amid this latest version of March madness, perhaps? Allow me to first and foremost acknowledge that the scope of this virus is sobering;
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Will we embrace the moment? Will we do this well? Friends, with the speed and spread of the virus, news, and our individual and collective readiness, one thought keeps coming to me, over and over again. We have an opportunity. Yes, COVID-19 is significant, and it is undoubtedly prudent
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Allow me to first say again what we said on Sunday in regard to the coronavirus and prudent preparation… “Be guided by medical advice and not your feelings… Limit your exposure to coronavirus news (due to biased news sources)… Be well-informed from health advisories but make sure your sources
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“The risk is real, so let’s put on the record right now that this is a concern,” speaking of the coronavirus — aka COVID-19 — and again quoting David Ropeik, an expert on risk perception and communication. “The challenge is keeping your worry in perspective." Why does the coronavirus
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Soon after reading Ben Sasse’s Them: Why We Hate Each Other—and How to Heal last summer, I began thinking increasingly more about how the politicians, pundits, Sean Hannity’s and Rachel Maddow’s of the world are actually fueling the latest (not-so) great divide. Sasse made the
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As we have discussed already in 2020, one of the Intramuralist’s resolute resolutions was simply to read more. Why? “There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate’s loot on Treasure Island.” — Walt Disney “Reading is an exercise in empathy; an exercise in walking in someone
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This is worth our time and attention. The words are not mine. They are the words of NBA great, Michael Jordan, a man who rarely speaks extensively in public, but this time, with tears generously streaming down his face, at Monday’s memorial service for Kobe Bryant. Note that Jordan
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Twelve years ago, as the end-of-year holidays came and went, once again faster than I always, each year desire, I penned the following, slightly edited post. The sentiment remains. It also remains a good reminder of wisdom for far more than me... Now that no more is hung
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Because the Intramuralist actually is a resolution setter — and because I feel great grace in most of what I don’t accomplish — I am pleased to share that one of my 2020 personal goals is to step up my reading. Remembering Charles T. Munger’s words in “Poor Charlie'