ArchiveApril 2021

Being a Clumsy Student

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Since as early as I can remember, I have had an interest in making a special birthday cake for each of my children when their birthday comes around. When it comes to making birthday cakes, I am no cake boss, but I do enjoy creating something that makes them smile and is also delicious. Building and decorating cakes is outside my wheelhouse so I look to Pinterest and YouTube to teach me how to bring to life these birthday cakes for my children. Most times I don’t have any idea what I’m doing so I ask lots of questions and I don’t feel dumb for asking questions because I really don’t know what I’m doing. 

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Dark Side of the Future

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Shabnam Erfani is a futurist at Microsoft who focuses on modern work and productivity. She has an incredible talent to investigate the future and make forecasts while connecting those forecasts to practical actions we can take today to realize the forecasted future.

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Teleport or Do the Work?

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Recently as a family, we each set a goal to do something hard. My son, who at the time of this writing is 6 years old, decided he wanted to do a hard hike. The hike we chose together was a little over one mile (one way) with an elevation gain of over 1,000 feet. That type of elevation gain in such a short distance is difficult for an adult – and my boy was a champ.

About half way up the mountain he said something that caught me by surprise.

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Josh Nicholls

I teach and invite people to act. Proud husband, father and amateur pizzaiolo

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