Posts tagged: performance

If You’re Gonna Read, Read Something Productive

One of the best advice I ever got was some­thing my aunt told me back when I was still a uni­ver­sity stu­dent. I have always been an avid reader, but at that point I had got­ten to read­ing a lot of fic­tion and not much else. I was on a trip to visit a number […]

Wednesday August 25th, 2010 in , , , , | 5 Comments »

The 8 Keys to Success — and Staying Successful

What are the keys to suc­cess? To many peo­ple, that’s like ask­ing what the win­ning num­bers are to the big lot­tery jack­pot. There is the belief that there just might be a sim­ple key to suc­cess, like turn­ing the key to start­ing a car. Well, the recipe for suc­cess is indeed con­cep­tu­ally sim­ple, but it’s […]

Monday August 23rd, 2010 in , , , , | No Comments »

Government Will Not Act Until You Speak Up

I work in gov­ern­ment in the pub­lic ser­vice, and I see gov­ern­ment from within the offices and hall­ways of the bureau­cracy. I oper­ate in the pub­lic ser­vice which means I do not see what hap­pens in the polit­i­cal wing of demo­c­ra­tic gov­ern­ment, but I see what hap­pens in the admin­is­tra­tive middle-ground between the polit­i­cal decision-makers […]

Monday August 23rd, 2010 in , , , | No Comments »

I Don’t Suffer From A Knife Addiction

I love good cook­ing knives. Some say I suf­fer from a knife addic­tion, but I’m not so sure about it. Yes, I have strong desires for more knives, dif­fer­ent knives, all in a quest to expe­ri­ence what else the arti­sans and crafts­men of steel have cre­ated to make cook­ing more enjoy­able, more ele­gant, and flat-out […]

Tuesday July 13th, 2010 in , , | 3 Comments »

Why So Many Knives?

I am often asked by friends and fam­ily why I have so many knives. The belief is that all knives are the same — they are sharp­ened slabs of metal with a sharp edge to cut your food. Many good homes make do with 1 or 2 knives. Really, even I would sug­gest to most […]

Wednesday July 7th, 2010 in , , , | 1 Comment »

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