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Yearly Archives: 2017

The New Norm

Daily posts seem ambitious.  For now, I will focus only on 2 posts weekly 1)  Monday, to set and establish goals for the week and 2) Friday, to reflect on pain, progress, and successes. Family: Finish 3 "National Geographic Books" (~100 pages each) with Aiden Spend 3 hours of alone time with Aubree (park, library,…
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What’s my super power?

I attended a meetup with Gib Biddle and was inspired in many ways about his thoughtful and very obvious way (very approachable) to make decisions and calibrate his product career.  He made his super powers seem very non-super power (learned not innate).  I thought I'd take the time to calibrate on what I believe to…
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Reference-able Videos

Gibson Biddle - ex VP Product @ Netflix - http://www.gibsonbiddle.com/watch-the-talks-1/  Ray Dalio - Economic machine in 30 minutes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHe0bXAIuk0&feature=youtu.be Rich Mironov - http://www.mironov.com/    
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Go to Work!

On Friday I found out that Sean Adams passed away at 46 from a heart attack, leaving behind 2 kids, his wife, and many Austinites who count on his positive energy every morning.  Like many, I was shocked and saddened that a seemingly healthy guy could pass away at such a young age.  Sean Adams…
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