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97- Not the Droids You’re Looking For
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A couple of weeks ago my family had dinner with a friend and his family. This is a friend that I worked with at my previous job. I hadn’t spoken with him since I’d left nearly 15 months prior. It was great to see him again. We talked about some of the current geeky movies, our thoughts on the upcoming FOX series, Gotham, and some of the creative projects he was working on on his own time.
Of course, it was only a matter of time before the conversation turned to the stuff happening at my former job.
Since the time that left, the company hired a new president. They were without a president when I left. When the previous president left, I started reporting to the director of operations. He was and is a great guy, but he didn’t have a lot of knowledge about what my department did. Remember what I told you about my last review back in episode 64? Here’s a recap:
At one point I was asked to make a list of ideas [by the previous president]. The ideas could be anything. They wanted ideas on how we could increase sales, improve efficiencies, serve our in-store customers better, serve our on-line customer better, improve the functionality of our website, do a better job with our marketing, you name it.
I was heading out on a business trip about that time so I spent that trip coming up with idea after idea. I wrote them all down in a notebook that I kept with me. By the time I returned I had over 100 ideas. I presented the ideas to the leadership of the company. The next year I was asked the same question. I thought it was odd because nearly none of my ideas had even been explored. I came up with a few more ideas, refined the first list of ideas, and presented another list of over 100 ideas.
A few months later I was given my annual review. One area that was specifically addressed was an area called creativity and ideas. On a scale of 0 to 5, I was given a score of 1. I was told that I had very few creative ideas and almost never shared ideas.
At one point in the conversation, my friend asked me if I remembered the list of ideas. He was one of about half a dozen people that had been given a copy of the list. Read More…
96- A Voice in the Public Square
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Well as I said in the intro, today’s episode is about something that we can never get enough of. Can you guess what it is? No, it’s not bacon, but that’s a good guess. Let me give you a clue. Here’s one way it is defined by Merriam-Webster:
knowledge that is gained by having many experiences in life
Another definition is:
the natural ability to understand things that most other people cannot understand
Have you guessed it yet? Here’s a final definition:
knowledge of what is proper or reasonable : good sense or judgment
By now I’m sure you’ve guessed that today’s topic is wisdom. As I said, we can never get enough of it.
Where does wisdom come from? That is, how do we gain wisdom? Does gaining wisdom even matter? Is wisdom the same as knowledge?
First off, wisdom and knowledge aren’t the same thing. A wise person once told me that wisdom is the the ability to know how to properly apply knowledge. That is to say, we can have all the knowledge in the world, but if we don’t know what to do with it, that doesn’t make us wise.
So what about the question of whether or not wisdom matters? Do you think it matters? Is it possible to go through life without much wisdom? Is it possible to acquire wealth and achieve things without wisdom? Yes it is. Read More…
WHTGB 53-LA X Part 1 and Part 2
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In episode 53 we enter into the home stretch of our LOST rewatch podcast and begin LOST season 6 with the two-part season premiere, “LA X” Part 1 and “LA X” Part 2.
In our discuss of “LA X” we share some of the memories we had when we watched the episode for the first time and tried to figure out what was going on in the flash sideways stories. We discuss many of the plain and subtle differences in our characters in the flash sideways vs. the original story, and talk about how the story is different to us now that we know the ending.
In our discussion about the on island happenings, we talk about finally getting to see the temple and how we feel about the information that we were given and the new characters that were introduced. We also talk about Sayid and how he has been changed by the temple waters, what Jacob knew would happen and what is plan was with the Oceanic candidates.
We also talk about the story lines surrounding Man in Black, Ben, and Richard. We discuss insight that we gained from listening to the DVD commentary from Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse, and questions that we’re looking to answer as we rewatch LOST season 6. Read More…
EP03 – S1E3 – Happy Belated Birthday
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Extant keeps up its rapid pace of storytelling in Wish You Were Here as Molly finally shares her secret with John, and not a second too soon as hallucinations and circle-pattern-induced pain continue to haunt her. Director Sparks and Deputy Director Kern are trying to control the situation to no avail, but Sam Barton has been detained. And where is Harmon Kryger? Many mysteries persist, including Ethan’s continuing fascination with birds. Read more…
TC32 – Back to the Future Part 2
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In episode 32 of Triplecast, Cory & Travis discuss Back to the Future part two, directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Bob Gale.
Back to the Future part two sees Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) and his girlfriend Jennifer (Elisabeth Shue) taken to the 2015 in the Delorean time machine by the wacky Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd). Marty attempts to use knowledge of the future for personal gain but has his idea, and the time machine, stolen by Biff who changes the past and ultimately Marty’s present. Read More…
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