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I’ve made it another year. It wasn’t a challenge in the sense of lasting, but more in the sense of keeping things growing. I grew last year.
Meg and I have a phrase that we use often when we are playing games on our iPads or are out at a nice dinner:
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This story feels amazingly real to me.
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I own about 20 H&M standard T-shirts in an array of colors. $6 and just as comfortable as american apparel.
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I recapped 2011 and covered some of my successes and failures from 2011. I accomplished a few of my 2011 goals, but I did not get very far with my Happiness Project. With that in mind, I’d like to set more simple goals for 2012.
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My new favorite tradition at the end of the year is to do a recap and set goals and guesses. I recapped 2010 (2009, 2008) and made some predictions and goals for 2011 last January. Now it’s time to look back on 2011.
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My brother recently made the case to me that Peyton Manning should be the 2011 NFL MVP. At first I laughed this suggestion off as a joke, but after giving it more thought, it’s not a bad idea.
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What usually is a more offensive or silly comic actually makes a pretty good point with this one:
Pretty funny. Siri as a relationship counselor.
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From the original post:
Thomas Suarez is in the 6th grade at a middle school in the South Bay. And while most of his peers are probably fussing over new soccer kleets or watching the Disney channel, he’s creating iOS apps and giving TED Talks.
He’s not just building apps, he built a company. Great public speaking, too.
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I recently got to attend The Up Experience thanks to Schipul, and I really enjoyed all of the speakers. One of my favorites was the message shared by Dan Pink.
He talked about the importance of 10% time in cultivating innovation. You can read his article in the Telegraph to get the full story.
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