Category: For LinkedIn

  • Choice, Where the Rubber Meets the Road

    It turns out that some of the most difficult things to discuss are the most worthwhile. Sometimes that’s because of the complexity involved, sometimes not. On the present subject, in truth, though there appears to be the result of a high level of complexity, I don’t believe there really is a great deal of difficulty […]

  • On Celebration

    It’s been years since I celebrated most of the things the average person considers worth their time and effort. Oh, I wish folks a happy birthday, and congratulate them on new jobs, the birth of babies and things of that sort. On the other hand, I don’t do things like, really celebrate Hallowe’en, Christmas or […]

  • On the Ills of Social Media

    Do these pants make me look fat? Wait! That wasn’t what I intended to ask. Sorry, the question I intended to ask is, “Do I seem long-winded to you?” Both questions are about appearances, but the first doesn’t really bother or concern me; and because it’s not a real concern for me, I don’t have […]

  • More on Success and Failure

    I’ll be the first to admit that I have found myself to be wrong on more than a few counts over the course of my life. As one might expect, some of the errant perspectives I have held have been entirely minor, some more major, and some life changing when internalized and understood. In this […]

  • On Freedom of Speech in the United States

    Perhaps one of the most enduring things where the United States is concerned is its founding documents. Many have called, for example, the United States Constitution all but—if not—a miraculous document. I’m not entirely sure I would go that far. What I would say, however, is that the Constitution is in many ways a marvelous […]

  • My Own of Course — Whose Ideas Do You Support?

    I have to be entirely honest, I have zero idea how much of the time I sound big headed, conceited, whatever you choose to call it. It’s not so much that I don’t care, as that: I’m pretty well convinced that people will assume you’re conceited for nothing more than that you disagree with their […]

  • On Failure and Its Relationship to Success

    Anybody who has ever spent time scribbling on a pad, or typing at a keyboard in a vain attempt to convey some idea is likely fully aware that what he or she is saying has been said before. It’s even possible that those saying what he or she is saying in his or her current […]

  • …but should I post this to LinkedIn

    It’s been said a thousand times before, but I’m going to go ahead and post it here one more time. Please think before posting to social media. This is particularly true where LinkedIn is concerned. Let me give LinkedIn posters some “food for thought” concerning why they ought to be careful what they post: Chances are, your boss (present or […]