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How to Be a Successful Communicator: Empathy

January 21, 2011

Why is it so important to be a clear communicator, even if you are a geek, and how do you become one? Sure, clear communication is critical for personal relations, as the writer of “Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus” pointed out many years ago. But let’s skip getting/staying married, passing your values […]

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WhistleBlowers are Made, Not Born

January 19, 2011

This morning the BBC is reporting that a whistleblower has handed over the records of several Swiss banks to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, revealing fraud and tax evasion. A former Swiss banker has passed on data containing account details of 2,000 prominent people to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. The data–which is not yet available on the Wikileaks […]

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One Toke Over the Line, Arizona

January 13, 2011

From my youth, and now back in the form of legal medical marijuana in Arizona (h/t bob rosenberg, a guy my age) Posted via email from Not Really Stealthmode

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Christopher Trumbo, the Hollywood Ten, the Power of Words

January 11, 2011

[If you don’t already know the history of this incident, spend a few minutes following the links here. You need to know about this.] Words do have power. In the 1960s, I was a graduate student in English at Columbia University, and friends with Christopher Trumbo. Chris was the son, of Dalton Trumbo, one of […]

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