Monthly Archives: December 2017

Lessons I’ve learned the hard way #22

Ultimately, we’re all just renting.

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Lessons I’ve learned the hard way #21

Develop your endurance first, then increase your speed. (An athletic training lesson that applies in many areas of life.)

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Lessons I’ve learned the hard way #20

George Bernard Shaw said it best: “Never wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it.”

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Lessons I’ve learned the hard way #19

Making plans by phone is probably 100x more efficient than doing so by text or email.

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Lessons I’ve learned the hard way #18

Always make sure your clamps are ready before you spread the glue.

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Lessons I’ve learned the hard way #17

My dad used to say, if you want to make an omelette you have to break a few eggs.

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Lessons I’ve learned the hard way #16

Big tech companies and social media platforms are not our friends.

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Lessons I’ve learned the hard way #15

Hegel was right: “We learn from history that we do not learn from history.”

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Missing Amahl

When I was growing up, my parents were involved over the years in several productions of the Christmas opera “Amahl and the Night Visitors” by Gian Carlo Menotti. I think I was probably a participant in the shepherds’ chorus once … Continue reading

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Lessons I’ve learned the hard way #14

If a corporation gives you something for free, that means that you’re the product that’s being sold.

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