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Monthly Archives: May 2008

StrengthsFinder Part 3 of 6 Adaptability

This is part three in a six-part series on my StrengthsFinder 2.0 results. In part one, I introduced the whole strengths and talents idea from Tom Rath’s book. The basic premise is that one develops strengths by investing study and practice into areas where one already has a natural talent. The book and associated materials [...]

Top 4 guidelines for smooth travel

After years of frequent travel, I have learned some valuable personal guidelines that I am happy to share with you now.

Don’t be in a hurry - Allow yourself plenty of time during every stage of your journey. You’ll feel a lot better and make smarter choices along the way if you don’t have to rush [...]

Great day in the morning

This is one of my all-time favorite TV commercials. The first time I saw it, it had me rolling.
The Volkswagon Jetta “coelacanth” commercial:

My personal take on the Microsoft bid for Yahoo

I’ve been using Yahoo! since before they were a company, since they were a hostname at Stanford.edu. Yahoo! Mail has been a faithful old standby for me for years. Even when I was paying for Apple’s .Mac services, including email, for about five years, I still had the rock of Yahoo! as a fallback. Once [...]