Posts tagged ‘Israel’

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  • Book Juggling in Mid-Air May 9, 2012
    I’m writing this at 37,000 feet (36,988 to be precise), presently somewhere over Iowa. Moments earlier, I downloaded volume one and two of the collected works of Ambrose Bierce from Project Guttenberg onto my iPad, thanks to the inflight wifi on Virgin Atlantic. And you’re thinking: Ambrose Bierce? Yes. Reading a review of a new […]
  • Getting Shit Done February 14, 2012
    It’s taken a few years, but I can now pinpoint the single biggest obstacle to getting shit done—and I am ready to reveal my secret. In writing this, I think it is important to say that I consider myself generally to be an organized person. My bills get paid on time, client goals and projects […]
  • Prophets, Guardians, Barbarians January 12, 2012
    A few days ago, in a piece about politics in Israel, Daniel Gordis mentioned a reframing of “left” and right” that he’d heard at a conference: rather than those traditional designations, the speaker preferred to think of people as either “prophets” or “guardians.” Since reading that, I keep thinking about the applicability of these same […]
  • World-Class Deficiency December 8, 2011
    Earlier this week, someone sent me the strategic planning survey for a small, culturally focused non-profit organization. It’s a scrappy little place: off the coasts and in a community with a long history of economic battering, and yet they have managed to be successful. This organization isn’t a client, but I know some of the […]
  • Telling Stories, And Living Them November 6, 2011
    Fifteen years ago, a client called my bosses and asked to have me removed from their account. This was a big account for the firm financially, and one that was both demanding and challenging. It was difficult not to take it personally. I was reminded of this “anniversary” recently when I read a short post […]

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