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Cooking With Brad: Nourishing My Family As An Act Of Devotion
I’ve always worked hard and poured a lot of myself into my career. Some years ago, I moved with my family to a new city for a new job. I immediately set about trying to prove myself by working long hours. It did not help that the culture at that office was to work long…
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Today's Required Online Functional Literacy
I’ve been thinking about workplace literacy lately. I’m thinking especially about professional offices (not so much the shop floor — my experience there is a lot older than my experience in front of a computer). It seems to me that we are in the midst of a major change in how work gets done. Again.…
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Cooking With Brad: Super White Bread Recipe
If you want to feel like Super Dad, just bake a loaf of bread for the family. Your home will fill with the sweet smell of a bakery, and will feel especially inviting. This bread recipe is a slight modification of “Neil’s Harbor White Bread” by Christa Bauman. Neil’s Harbor is in Nova Scotia, and…
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Do We Really Want That Feedback?
I have worked in a lot of different kinds of offices in my career, and I’ve been a cubicle drone as well as a manager. I’ve hired and fired, and received my fair share of reviews. Today I’m going to talk about feedback — getting it and giving it. There is a great deal of…
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Review Of Livescribe Smart Pen: Good For Leaders And Professionals On The Go
My latest piece is posted at Public Square Today, my blog at Washington Times Communities: Review Of Livescribe Smartpen Livescribe Smartpen For Christmas this year, some family members fulfilled a long-standing desire I’d had and got me a Livescribe Smart Pen. I’ve been using it for a couple of weeks now, and I think this product is…
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Guest Post at Washington Times Communities By Andrea Jarrell: What Makes Hefty Tuitions Worth It? ROI Is Not Materialism
In my blog at the Washington Times Communities, Public Square Today, I am running a guest post by Andrea Jarrell, a higher education consultant who blogs at School of Thought. I thought her take on “ROI” as it relates to higher education was a must-read: What Makes Hefty Tuitions Worth It? ROI Is Not Materialism (Guest…
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My Top Three Areas For Growth For 2010
I don’t always go in for New Year’s Resolutions. Too often they have felt like empty promises to turn over some new leaf. This year, instead of resolutions I have decided to think about the kind of person I want to be. When I look back on 2010, where would I like to be able…
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