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Thoughts for MLK Day

I certainly am not a civil rights expert, nor am I well read on the writings of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. However, a certain energy inspired me today and I ended up writing a few thoughts in my journal about today. Let me share: I suspect my ancestors intentionally boarded a boat, some …

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Random Marine Corps Marathon

The Tactical Journey I moved to Virginia in October, 2008, to work in Rosslyn. This was my initiation to the Marine Corps Marathon as I watched all the signage go up.  The “Family Link-Up” and letters of the alphabet would line the building where I worked.  From then on, I would count the number of …

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Export Your LinkedIn Data (2018)

I went to download my contact list for use in my shiny new CRM tool (more on that later), and the “download archive” button never became enabled.  That’s because LinkedIn has a broken dusty corner where the feature apparently doesn’t work, but if you search the help, you can find the correct endpoint (which looks …

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2 Easy to Use Project and Task Apps

If you have been reading along, my last post was about Working Smart. Today, I followed that exact advice to evaluate 9 possible ideas, building out vision, team and shielding after prioritizing the top 3. In the previous article, I mentioned how your vision should be decomposed into steps – tasks that you can check …

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The Boring Legal Stuff

Legalese is some of the most mind-numbing prose ever invented, imho.  It really does drive me batty.  However, if you plan on starting a business, or if you already have one and you just haven’t added “legal thinking” to your list of 100,000,000 things to do as a legal entity, well, this post is for …

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