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Monthly Archives: February 2006

Whose Experience Is It, Anyway?

Tuesday, February 14, 2006

One the reasons I’m a good teacher… is because I suck at being a good student. I have to re-learn my lessons over and over… and over again. Painfully, sometimes. That’s good for anyone wanting to learn from me, because my repeated “take overs” mean I know the territory better than most… and I have

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Motivation

Thursday, February 9, 2006

Interesting story going around about motivation. Researchers discovered that “planning” to quit smoking or lose weight — as in New Year’s resolutions — was almost a guaranteed way to fail. The only sure-fire way to quit, or lose, is to have a health crisis. That was my experience. I smoked for ten years — my

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Take This Humor Test

Wednesday, February 1, 2006

Quick story about the last email you may have received from me: If you’ve been reading my blogs and/or newsletters and other material, you know I’m not everybody’s cup of tea. I don’t pretend to be. I don’t want to be. In fact, the only way I could convince myself to enter this teaching gig

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