Written by Al at 7P on December 31st, 2007
For those of us who are warriors of the Information Age, we use the email and calendar applications like a sword and shield. For the apps, the usual suspects include Microsoft with MS Outlook and Google with Gmail and Google Calendar (gCal). Because I do much of my work on Linux, I cannot use MS […]
Written by Al at 7P on December 24th, 2007
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Some time ago, I remember going to a kickoff meeting for a very high profile project that required different departments in the company to cooperate and work together. Each department had their own agenda and wanted to steer the project towards a direction that benefit them the most, and there were a […]
Written by Al at 7P on December 20th, 2007
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A friend of mine introduced me to morning meditation a few years ago, and since then it has been one of the most important activities that I do every day. I tend to be an over-thinker, someone that can go off on a mental tangent for long distances if left unchecked. The […]
Written by Al at 7P on December 17th, 2007
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Here’s a little bit of trivia: did you know that you are typically shorter at night than in the morning by about 1/4 - 1/2 of an inch? Just as your body varies during the day, your mind also varies as the day goes by.
Some of us are morning people, while others don’t […]
Written by Al at 7P on December 16th, 2007
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In today’s fast-paced world, we are often too busy with current events that we never really sit down to truly know what we want for ourselves in the future. When you do think about what your long-term goals and dreams are, let me warn you about the Allais paradox.
Suppose you have to pick […]