Happy Saturday April 3rd. I am in the process of catching up on my Google reader feeds and I thought it would be better to share some of the great content here than trying to tweet each one out. 140 characters is never enough to say what needs to be said. So get a full [...]

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patrick on February 4th, 2010

Earlier this week I discovered this chart below – and I have been obsessed with it ever since. I made it the backdrop for my dual screen system, and I need to make it the backdrop for my laptop soon. It represents something that I, you, and most of the people in the world fail [...]

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patrick on January 24th, 2009

I believe that one of the reasons that you and I get frustrated with life is that we are spending too much time thinking about and focusing on the details of our lives. I would like to offer you a simple solution for you to consider the next time you feel any stress or tension [...]

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Happy New Year my fellow earth dwellers (shout out to those from off the planet that may be reading via RSS). Here it is January 1, 2009 8:32 Central Time. I am catching up on my RSS feeds, Twitter Feeds, etc. and sitting here wondering what the New Year will bring me. I am also [...]

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3rd part in the series. You can see part I here and part II here: Part III It is incredibly rewarding. Your ideas get to be used and implemented. Leaders start things.  They get the ball rolling. Being a leader means that you are going to have to do things that MOST people do not [...]

Continue reading about Leadership Series Part III: Why would you want to be a leader?

Another part of my presentation in Oklahoma City on Leadership: – If you look around the world today you will see that most people are on auto pilot. – This means that most people wake up every day at the latest possible time that they can to get to school – They drive the same [...]

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patrick on September 28th, 2008

Recently there was a question on /. about what to do right as a new programmer. After I posted my response I thought “This is just a good answer to any question that starts with ‘What to do right…’”. Read and enjoy! – Do not believe in finites, infinites, right or wrong. In regards to [...]

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patrick on May 22nd, 2008

>???????? the type of person who wants to constantly better myself. One of the area I am focusing on is physically. This week I have taken some major steps to get on track with my weightlifting. I am not attempting to break any records in this world. But I do want to get on a [...]

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If you are over the age of 10 here are 5 books I see right now on my bookshelf that you should have read by yesterday. These will give some great perspective on life, and give you the basic rules to handle just about anything that is thrown your way. Enjoy being smarter and getting [...]

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patrick on July 20th, 2007

Here are some pick me ups that should help get you off your butt and STOP DOING NOTHING. Lifereboot wrote a decent article about not waiting for the perfect timing to take action in your life ChangeThis posted a very cool happy at work Manifesto Steve Pavlina on good fast decision making And finally ZenHabits [...]

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