The penultimate thing I learned in 2009:
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Think It, Say It – One of my weaknesses as a husband, father and friend is trying to keep those I care about from feeling pain. Thus, I tend to withhold bad news and act as a peacemaker whenever there is rising conflict. (Interestingly, this never is a problem [...]
Archive for December, 2009
It’s Best to Address
Tuesday, December 29th, 2009Seek Professional Advice
Thursday, December 24th, 2009Another of the Top 10 things I learned this year:
#4
Target 2027 – Up and down. Up and down. The rollercoaster ride of the stock market the past decade is enough to make you woozy. With my Big 5-0 arriving in 179 days, we recently entrusted our retirement savings to a money management firm. Aligning with [...]
Find a Way to Surprise
Thursday, December 24th, 2009One more of the Top 10 things I learned in 2009:
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A Big Bow Wow – We put down our 16-year-old Golden Retriever in July. Those who have experienced that passage know it’s tough. As we worked through detachment the next several days, our vet surprised us in two ways. First, a nice sympathy card arrived, [...]
Give Where You Can
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009And the last of the Top 10 things I learned in 2009:
#1
We Are The World – Are you aware a billion people do not have access to clean drinking water and nearly 40,000 children die every week from lack of this basic need? Charity: Water is one of the nonprofits that provides clean and safe [...]
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