Baking a pie from scratch, boosting creativity & Twitter seminars

by Brad IsaacOctober 25, 2009

Today I was in the mood to try something different.
I’ve known from years of experience that by trying something new and having fun, creativity surges. Even if you fail, by trying new things, you get out of your world and into the unfamiliar.
So today, I decided to try baking a pie from scratch. [...]

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Sometimes the best action to take is nothing.

by Brad IsaacOctober 14, 2009

Last night I was trying to start my dishwasher. It was late. I didn’t want to wash dishes by hand. But for some reason, I couldn’t get the machine to start.
I went to check the breaker, flipped it back and forth a few times to make sure it was [...]

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Your education vs. Your EDUCATION

by Brad IsaacOctober 5, 2009

“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.” ~Mark Twain
I didn’t get the best grades in college. Isn’t it funny how by saying I didn’t get the best, it implied I failed? That’s a discussion for another day. But I made mostly A’s and a few B’s. And a C thanks to [...]

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Are You an Ant or a Grasshopper?

by Brad IsaacSeptember 15, 2009
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Today’s post was written by Dion Baker.  He is a writer for The Intangible Wealth and a respected song writer, poet, and visual artist.  And he also shares my love of ants.  – Brad
Today I went to the craft store with my wife to return some items we recently purchased. While she was being helped [...]

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Selling your expertise to land the job

by Brad IsaacSeptember 12, 2009

During a baseball game recently, an aquaintance told me he recently became unemployed. His specialty is building exquisite homes. So it’s not surprising the economy of the housing market destroyed his ability to get new contracts.
I asked what he is up to now and discovered he’s doing handyman work. He also stressed [...]

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Successful fortune telling

by Brad IsaacSeptember 6, 2009

Today I visited a farm with my family.
They had goats, sheep, guineas, chickens, peacocks and turkeys to name a few. It was a relaxing tour. But it also reminded me about a time when things were simpler.
As someone born in Topeka, Kansas the farm is not alien to me. Although I never lived [...]

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When to Argue

by Brad IsaacAugust 26, 2009

While dropping my kids off at school this morning, I heard them arguing about musical instruments. For 5 minutes I listened to “you will have to play the recorder in your grade!” followed up by “no I won’t!”
Dumb arguments aren’t confined to kids. I once sat in a 2 hour meeting where two people [...]

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