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Monthly Archives: February 2007

A winning attitude

13-Feb-07

Anyone who has ever competed in a sport knows the value of having actual competition. Runners, for instance, are much more likely to improve their personal best time if they are running against someone that is as good as or slightly better than they are.

Even in the world of business, competitive pressures provide the incentive [...]

Site update

07-Feb-07

If you read this blog exclusively through an RSS reader, you probably haven’t seen my site theme updates. I’m using the same basic theme, just added an extra column to provide a bit more useful/entertaining/productive content for those who do visit the site. If you get a chance, please check it out and [...]

Genius comes in many forms - A review of “Some Kind of Genius”

02-Feb-07

I originally posted this review on my autism blog, 29 Marbles. While it is all too common for people to dismiss achievements of autistics as simply a ’savant skill’ and not as true mastery, Tony’s story goes a long way to putting that perception to rest. Just another example of how autistics, [...]

Learning from all experience, not just the mistakes

02-Feb-07

You can - and most definitely should - learn from your mistakes and the mistakes of others, but it is also important to remember that you can learn quite a bit from your past successes.
James Cameron’s most recent film was Titanic, released 10 years ago. From the New York Times story ‘Titanic’ Director [...]

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