planning

Do you have a “Fight your way out” option?

May 4, 2011

WARNING: This blog talks about politics in (I hope) a neutral way. It is intended to show how a major decision can be made with negative thinking. It is not an invitation for you to tell me how much you like/dislike approve/disapprove of President Obama. I honestly don’t care. Save it for AM radio. Thanks! [...]

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Goal Setting to be Productive

March 10, 2011

Since this week’s “Reality Check with Craig Price” has productivity expert Neen James, I thought I’d add a tidbit from my book “Half a Glass: The Realist’s Guide” that deals with productivity. Or in this case goal setting. Here is the beginning of Chapter 6 “Goal Setting the Negative Way” just for you. With the [...]

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Stephen Colbert – Fallback Position – Astronaut Pt.3

June 25, 2010

And the final chapter of Stephen’s journey to be an astronaut: The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Fallback Position – Astronaut Pt. 3 www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor Fox News Tweet

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Stephen Colbert – Fallback Position – Astronaut Pt.2

June 24, 2010

Here is part 2 of Stepen Colbert’s recent visit to Houston’s Johnson Space Center to train…just in case. The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Fallback Position – Astronaut Pt. 2 www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor Fox News Tweet

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Stephen Colbert – Fallback Position – Astronaut Pt.1

June 23, 2010

As seen here in the past, even wildly popular TV show host Stephen Colbert can see the necessity of planning for the worst and never assuming a sweet gig like his will always be there. Recently (unbeknownst to me!) Stephen came down to Houston’s Johnson Space Center to train…just in case. The Colbert Report Mon [...]

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BP = Bad Planning

June 11, 2010

An article from the Associated Press (read entire article here) points out how unprepapred and overly optimistic BP was regarding any potential leak. BP PLC’s 582-page regional spill plan for the Gulf, and its 52-page, site-specific plan for the Deepwater Horizon rig vastly understate the dangers posed by an uncontrolled leak and vastly overstate the [...]

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Why We Make Mistakes

June 1, 2010

Stumbled upon a new blog by author Joe Hallinan. His new book “Why We Make Mistakes” is another in a growing movement trying to get the world to recognize the value in negative thinking. His latest post called “The Power of Negative Thinking”(catchy!) explains how BP’s oil spill fiasco in the Gulf of Mexico was a [...]

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Repost: iPad, no uPad

April 5, 2010

In honor of the iPad coming out, here is a post that is still relevant today. It’s about early adopting for the iPhone and why I don’t jump the cutting edge bandwagon so quickly as others do. Besides, I have an iPad. Only mine is the cooler, smaller version that is the iPhone. (Yes, I [...]

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Obama Uses Negative Thinking to Help Our Students

September 9, 2009

This is not a political post. I simply want to bring to light how President Obama used some negative thinking to talk to our children, well your children yesterday. He let them know that they’re not going to strike it rich without hard work. From CNN:  I know that sometimes, you get the sense from [...]

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Know Who You Are

July 29, 2009

Bret Favre and I both had the same kind of decision to make yesterday: To stay retired or take the field at less than 100%. No, the Minnesota Vikings didn’t call me yesterday. But a speaker’s bureau did. This bureau was looking for a local comedian in Texas to do an IT client’s event and [...]

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