Tag: food
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Courageous Leadership Lessons
The room is silent. Billy Beane tells his scouts their decades of experience is wrong. His hands shake as he spreads computer printouts across the table. Every face says he’s destroying his career. But Beane knows something they don’t—his method will change baseball forever. This moment reveals what happens when leaders choose conviction over comfort.…
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German Chocolate Cake – A Perfect Way to Celebrate Your Birth
Today, my thoughts turn to birthdays. Dad is 77 today, living through the Vietnam War, the Challenger Explosion, and the fall of the Berlin Wall. I don’t know about you, but birthdays are a big deal. Being forgotten about on a milestone birthday, like 16 or 21? That’s not something you forget. Nor is it…
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Because of a Pepsi
Sitting at Barry’s Bar and Grill, Bonnie brought Bruce an ice-cold Coke in a 16oz glass bottle. Condensation formed on the outside, which is why Bonnie had a paper napkin wrapped around the base of the glass. That and Bonnie didn’t feel like getting reprimanded by Bruce. Before that, Bonnie and Bruce rode the bus…
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Bullets and Frozen Bananas
Have you ever smelled gunpowder, like the Fourth of July smell, hanging in the air, smoke still floating like a whispy ghost? Yeah, me neither. But all that changed literally five minutes ago. The wrong side of town, you might ask. Or maybe some criminal types were loitering outside a liquor store? Perhaps it was…
5 Minute Observations 