Do a Paddy Brown today..
I saw this at Scoble’s today and I definitely plan on using Paddy as an inspiration and reminder to do my best to impact people in a positive way.
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Overcoming Fears
Both of these articles that I found over at the Occupational Adventure Blog revolve around overcoming your fears in career pursuits, but I think some of these same ideas apply to overcoming fears in every area of our lives: How Overcoming your Fear can Boost your Career Fear Factor It’s important, I think, to recognize…
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Pat LaFontaine’s sweet dream. While
Pat LaFontaine’s sweet dream. While you’re all so busy bashing Microsoft, I noticed that they are the corporate partner along with ex-NHL player Pat LaFontaine in trying to equip children’s hospitals with high-tech play rooms. I may not agree with everything they do, but you gotta stop and give them credit for this. I hope…
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Rest in Peace…
Some of you may have followed the link to Brian Buck’s website over the time I had him listed on the blogroll, and read about his struggle with cancer. I saw today over at Dave Slusher’s that Brian has lost his long battle with cancer. Now that the battle is over, I hope he has…
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Avoidance Does Not Help
Given the recent post I made about the power of shame to lead people to all sorts of behavioral problems, I wasn’t at all surprised to find a recent study that claims that kids who talk about their abuse and neglect are less likely to suffer from PTSD. A Penn State researcher finds an interesting…
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Yes, You Do Know Victims of Sexual Abuse
From a highly recommended article on Slate, How what happened in State College forced me to confront my own abuse. Several of my friends, for example, were shocked when Rick Reilly reported that, according to a 1998 study on child sexual abuse by Boston University Medical School, one in six boys in America will be…
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Conversion Disorder
I was just listening to the latest In The Trenches podcast. It’s normally a techie podcast but today Kevin had a nice interview with David Newberger, who spent quite a bit of time dealing with health issues that the doctor’s couldn’t diagnose. Turns out he was suffering from Conversion Disorder, which is where he developed…