Tag: Failure
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Standardized Test Scores Predict Nothing
VERY intriguing video from Angela Lee Duckworth at a Ted Conference on what makes a good student (or a successful person in general). It’s not IQ, Standardized Test Scores, perceived safety, or Socio-economic Status. It’s just pure grit. Another interesting observation is that a person’s view of failure is crucial. Failure is not permanent. You…
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A Life Lived
I just finished reading the book Fearless by Eric Blehm. This book is simply incredible! Adam Brown, the Navy Seal who the book is about, was simply incredible! I could hardly put the book down. Adam Brown is a man to be looked up to and admired in all areas of his life. I would encourage…
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Who Really Loses?
I read an article today talking about the recent debate going on in Washington about the extension of the “Bush Tax Cuts”. Some are saying that Obama has sided with the GOP in regards to extending all of the tax cuts instead of just the tax cuts for those making under $250,000 per year. I…
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I’m Right and You’re Wrong
Have you ever gotten the impression that some people think that the world revolves around them? Or perhaps they think that their opinion is the only one that counts? The other week I had an interesting occurrence. I run the sound system some weeks at our church. During communion time, we often play some music from…
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Are You Strong Enough to Quit?
The other day I was listening to a podcast by a fellow Free Agent Academy member, Andy Traub, in which he talked about the fact that he was a quitter. He said he’s quit tons of stuff. In fact he’d just quit serving in a roll recently at his church. He was quite proud of…
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Man Up BP!
I just read an article on CNN.com about the oil rig that had an explosion and sank in the Gulf recently. Following is an excerpt from that article. A separate report by a different Transocean consultant on the Deepwater Horizon’s equipment cited at least 26 components and systems out of 129 categories on the rig that were…
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BP Oil’s Biggest Failure
I recently watched a pretty disturbing video. The video clip is from an MSNBC video with Rachel Maddow. It compares the current BP oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico to a 1979 oil leak in the Gulf. Unfortunately the situations are eerily similar. What is disturbing to me is not that BP is experiencing this…