I GREW UP WITH THE SPACE SHUTTLE PROGRAM. Tomorrow morning, at 5:56 AM, that program comes to an end. I have mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, as I posted previously, it is time to move on to the next thing. On the other, there are a lot of people, both at NASA and at contractors, who have been losing their jobs, and that is going to significantly accelerate tomorrow morning at wheel stop. Read on…
Tabled Ideas - Putting it all on the table
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BIG IDEAS MAKE THE WORLD GO AROUND. Everything in this world starts with a little thought, even the grandest ideas. But the problem with a grand idea is that at some point it needs to be reduced to a practical reality if it’s to be anything but a thought in someone’s head. And therein lies the difficulty. How do you take the idea and make it real without losing the grand part in the process? Read on…
DECISIONS ARE MADE BY THOSE WHO SHOW UP. You can’t win if you don’t play. You’ve gotta risk big to win big. We’ve all heard the clichés over and over. We all know they’re true. Most of us still don’t listen. Whether it’s cynicism, a lack of time, or the big one – fear, we just don’t put ourselves out there. Thoreau wrote, “The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.” Even in this day and age of the Internet, being able to stand up and shout to the world at a cost of nothing more than pennies, most people don’t get beyond tweeting “it’s time to feed the cat.” Read on…
