Author Archives: Bruce
Front-end loading
The name explains it: front-end loading is doing work up front to achieve a goal later. And yet, front-end loading is one of those principles that is easy to explain but hard to practice.
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Are You Leading or Managing? Are You Sure?
(This is the second in a series of posts on “leading vs managing.” If you want to keep up, signing up for the newsletter is the best way. /shamelessplug) In the introduction to this series, I laid out the distinction between … Continue reading
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How to Fight for Change Without Being Mean
I’ve been thinking about this question a lot lately, as I do more and more writing on this page, as I try to do more and more advocacy, AND as we prepare to launch a progressive community site for the … Continue reading
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Leader, Manager, Predator, Shepherd
(A Lection Reflection on Mark 6 and Psalm 23) (also part of the Leadership series) Fire up the Google machine and put in “sheep without a shepherd,” “Jesus as shepherd,” “the Good Shepherd,” or “the Lord is my shepherd.” You’ll … Continue reading
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Leading vs Managing — An Introduction
(This is the first in a series of posts on “leading vs managing.” If you want to keep up, signing up for the newsletter is the best way. /shamelessplug) There is a great site on the interwebz called Big Dog and … Continue reading
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Gout, Food Allergies, Nitrates, and Cherries
As some of you know, I have suffered from occasional attacks of gout for years. They range from a day or two of a little pain and swelling, to full-blown, can’t-walk, feel-like-a-migraine-in-my-foot attacks that last a week or longer.
My first attack came out of the blue many years ago, and when I tried to figure out what had caused it, the only unusual thing I could think of was that I had eaten an entire box of Hot-N-Spicy Cheezits. That wasn’t too unusual — I LOVE Cheezits, and I love the HNS kind especially. This time, though, I had really chowed down on them … and a day or so later, I was dying from the pain.
I told my doctor about the Cheezits, and he looked at me like I was nuts. So, I figured I WAS nuts, and gave up on the Cheezits theory. Till it happened again.
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Joe Biden — From the Heart
Joe Biden speaking at the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors — and we see into his heart. I’m so glad he is our vice-president.
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Helmets, Seat Belts, and Common Sense
OK, short post here, but a good reminder nevertheless. From a Denise Harper-Angel email: More than half of the 356 fatalities were cases where those killed were not wearing their seat belts. Twenty four percent of the fatalities involved distracted … Continue reading
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