Reading Time: 5 minutesOn the heels of one of the most entertaining NBA Finals series in history, a look at LeBron James and the reasons why he’s a polarizing figure:
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Reading Time: 5 minutesOne of the main talking points in the 2016 NBA Playoffs has been the impact of officiating on game outcomes. Officials will forever be a focal point of post-game criticism because of technology’s growing role in sports—shining an ever-brightening spotlight on human error— and the allure of counterfactual thinking. It brought to mind an article
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Reading Time: 4 minutesThe deaths of celebrities Chyna (WWE) and Prince earlier this week touched off a series of conversations. The slaughterhouse that is professional wrestling, (especially during the 20th century, when 300+ days on the road was the norm); The “Prince vs. Michael Jackson” argument; Life’s inherent fragility. The concept of “Witnessing”, the act of sharing one’s
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Reading Time: 9 minutes The following is a tale of corporate malfeasance, from my buddies at HSBC Bank. HSBC needs to be held accountable for this and I have no problem taking bad actors to the woodshed.
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Reading Time: 5 minutesHuge shake-up at University of Missouri yesterday: http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/10/us/missouri-football-players-protest-presidents-resigns/?iid=ob_article_footer_expansion&iref=obinsite https://sports.yahoo.com/news/missouri-situation-shows-power-of-sports-to-bring-enormous-change-172342770.html This is a story worth exploring.
Reading Time: 6 minutesI was watching a re-run of the final episode of Pit Boss, an underrated reality series on Animal Planet about a dwarf who rescues Pit Bulls. Shorty Rossi and crew were in Miami to help overturn a ban on pit bulls in Dade County. It got me thinking about the reasons why the reputation of
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Reading Time: 5 minutesThis post applies to more than just formal speeches. It’s about any instance where you have to address a group of people: be it a study group, an office meeting, or if you’re giving the closing prayer at church. This NY Times article touched on the growing market for speech writers for the average joe: Wedding
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Reading Time: 6 minutesThe Police, the government, the city: they all play a role. The responses to the incident are a detriment to Baltimore. Not just the looting and destruction by the criminal element: The non-violent protests are a problem as well. I’ll explain below:
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Reading Time: 4 minutesSlacker + Activism = Slacktivism I stumbled on to this phrase while doing some research on charities. It sums up much of what I think of many social movements in the 21st century.
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Reading Time: 4 minutesNow that the holiday shopping season is in the rearview mirror, it’s a great time to examine an area where too many businesses fall flat: Customer Service. For most consumers, the customer service experience is inherently frustrating. The average person isn’t contacting a business to tell them how satisfied they are with their new computer.
How To Frustrate Your Customers: Adventures in Poor Customer Service Read More »