I grew up standing on the sidelines. Then I had a career where I was the performer. Now I am on the sidelines once again and have been for about 14 years now. Towards the end of my performance career it became difficult for me to be good at it…
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I was prepared for nothing. A self-evaluation of how I was raised.
Before starting this blog post, let me preface it by saying that my parents did everything they could to help me succeed in life. I was fortunate to have such dedicated, loving, and self-sacrificing parents. They gave it their all. Whatever I say here doesn’t diminish my love and respect…
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The Pitfalls of Social Media Posting of Controversial Topics
The truth is no longer important on social media. The best content is what is known as “Clickbait”. The only requisite for it is how many likes, dislikes, shares, and comments you get on a post. But, isn’t that innocent? What is wrong with this? Maybe I have a criminal…
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How to Sing: My one and only article on the topic.
I’ve never written anything about singing that I can remember. But, I thought it might be interesting to talk about my experience in singing and in music in general. Who knows maybe it will help someone sometime. Learn at least 2 instruments besides voice. The first thing to learn is…
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Excellence: The desire to be good at what you are doing.
Excellence and the desire to be good at what you are doing. When I go about my day and observe how people work I am often amazed by how some people work very hard at what they do with a great attitude and then also how some people have a…
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Bed: The Last Place I go to Sleep
Well, it is circa 6:00 a.m. and I have been up since 2:00 a.m. I went to bed at about 10:30 so I guess I got about 4 hours of sleep until I woke up. I haven’t been able to go back to sleep since then. I have a comfortable…
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Nobody Loses. The slippery slope of deals and corruption.
I had to write this article before the inspiration left me. Again, this is purely spontaneous and I always reserve the right to change my views and opinions at any time upon the receipt of new information. This is only a ‘thought experiment’ to explore a world that I hardly…
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The Gift of Resetting My Life
I am fortunate. Fate has given me the ability to choose how to live my life. I can build a completely new life for myself and make the rest of my years on earth what I choose. Along with this gift comes choices and they are different choices than what…
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Sharing Psychological ‘Feelings’: The real struggle people face is ‘how they feel’.
I finished Prince Harry’s book “Spare” and was impressed by it in several ways. One of the things I was impressed with was his apparent honesty about his own mental health and how he felt about the events that took place in his life. It has caused me to question…
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Small Chapters: The value of focusing on factlets and keeping content direct and to the point.
I have been listening to the audiobook written by Prince Harry entitled “Spare”. I am impressed by one aspect of this book and that is how brief the chapters are. Each chapter deals with one topic. The chapters don’t go on and on about a topic but deliver a short…