My attempt at creating a signal. Probably a weak one for now, but who knows?
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Getting a pair of these soon. They sound great, and as a bonus, are custom made by a guy in Walla Walla.
Getting a pair of these soon. They sound great, and as a bonus, are custom made by a guy in Walla Walla.

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Give them what they want!

I think it is sometimes easy to confuse what consumers want vs. what they will put up with.

A funny example of this occurred on a panel that I participated on the other day. One of the panelists was arguing that consumers want shorter and shorter snippets of video to watch. To support the argument he pointed to broadcast television and noted that 30 minute shows used to have 27 minutes of content, then 26, now we’re down to 22!

Um, I don’t think that consumers were begging for more advertisements and shorter shows. By and large, they have been willling to put up with it, though time-shifting is showing that perhaps a wall has been hit there.

The main thing that I took away from this is that big mistakes can be made with products and services if there isn’t some serious pragmatism and honesty about which direction you are pushing towards. And here’s a hint: consumers are willing to put up with much less today.

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Get happy

I’m really surprised by people who seem chronically unhappy with their work or other situations for that matter. I have distilled my advice down to two choices.

1) Get happy

or

2) Get out 

I realize that not everyone is in a situation where quitting is a reasonable option and the work/situation really does suck. But most people I encounter who are vocal in their complaints do have a choice. Life is too short to waste time complaining and being unhappy, unless deep down that makes you, um happy.

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“A situation is what you make of it. Not what it makes of you.”
— John Challis, 18.  Suffering from terminal cancer but making the most of the time he has left. He’s a courageous young man.
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Yes We Can

In fact we must. Barack really sounded like he was ready for the general election last night. I’m so ready for him to be President. I think the whole world is.
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You can't blame your work

I was running this weekend, and crossed paths with a *really* large dude riding his bike in the other direction. As he rode past, he sort of shrugged and said “I wish I could blame it on my job”… It was a funny, out of the blue thing to say, but I took it to mean that the guy realized at some point that being healthy is a choice that isn’t mutually exclusive from having a job, busy life etc. I was glad to hear that he realized this and was doing something about it. I’ve been on a similar journey so there was some serendipity to the interaction.
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Tri* Crash Course: Day 2**

Biked 7 miles - 18.75MPH

Ran 2 miles - 6.5 MPH

*Sprint Tri is nothing like the Iron Man. It is .5 mile swim + 12 mile bike ride + 3 mile run…

 
**So far, all training has been in gym with no incline. actual real world results will vary ;-) 

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Yesterday's Training

Biked 6 miles at 18MPH pace

Ran 1.5 Miles at 6.5MPH pace

Gotta pick it up.

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How to lose weight fast!

1) Over time, gain 15 lbs of unwanted weight. Cheer your spouse on as she trains for and competes in a sprint triathlon.

2) In August, go to a dinner party (eat and drink a lot) and in front of several friends and spouse, casually agree to do a sprint triathlon. It’s not until July, big deal.

3) Spend 7 months gaining a little more weight and exercising only very occasionally.

4a) Go to a dinner party (eat and drink a lot) and make sure that someone reminds attendees of your late Summer bravado.

4b) Let that small part of you that still prevents you from wisely swallowing your pride rise up, and reaffirm your plans to do the deed.

5) Panic.

6) Begin ridiculous training regimen.  Watch the pounds melt away!

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