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Life is full of hypocrisy. We state an interest, belief or preference and turn around and contradict the very statement we made earlier.

Winston Churchill once stated “If you aren’t a liberal in your twenties, you have no heart. If you aren’t a conservative in your forties, you have no brain”

Time does ultimately change our perception on life and in many respects the reality of death.

When is the proper time to forgive? More importantly, who dictates moral behavior.

I witness my first commercial for the Masters and there was one key element missing. Every one of you knew where I was going with this. No Tiger Woods. No mention, no picture, no thought. A clean morally ethical series of scenes of golfers without published infidelity.

Look at our habits of watching sports. We may route for one team but then turn around and bet against them the next week because the odds are so right.

I think Web 2.0 has taught a valuable lesson. Aside from all of us getting cancer due to the extended hours of computer use. It has desensitized us to human interaction and human contact. We have the ability to create a persona on the internet and become whomever we want to be. We have Sims to blame for that.

We have hundreds upon thousands of friends, connections, followers, colleagues, fans. When does it stop. Do we risk too much to reach out and spend time with these internet friends or have we become so global that this is the only way to form communities of our own.

Maybe we are getting lonelier and we just don’t know it.
Knowing we can always find someone to email or IM is the answer that so many lonely people are looking for instead of taking a risk and being a part of a real connection.

I suppose this makes me a hypocrite since I am writing a blog instead of spending time with someone I care about. Maybe I don’t have anyone or I prefer to be alone in silence and express my views in solitude.

Those are interesting thoughts that I believe I will ponder over shortly.

Until the next time, make a connection, tell someone you love them and always smile.

It’s over.
We lost loved ones
We gained new friends
We re-evaluated our lives
We took a new look at the world
We challenged ourselves to become someone different
We looked technology in the face and took the helm

Now what?

Monday starts a new day. For many of us we took time off to be with our families, friends or just relax away from the stresses of our work environment. Philosophically, we can all open our eyes in the morning and feel that the world is back to normal. The threat of job loses is gone, wages will rise once again, pension and 401K funds will hit all time highs and we an all sit back on the comfort of job security.

Ok, Lewis Carroll has left the building.

There is no truth in those statements. Tomorrow will not change. A New Year does not erase all the negative surrounding many of us. Unemployment is still high, we are faced with economic challenges that do not have an end of the rainbow in sight.

Let me ask you this: Is there any reason we cannot perceive that tomorrow is a better day. Perhaps if the collective sum of all of us has a positive attitude it will create a level of energy that will carry us to new heights. Belief in something big is half the battle of victory.

We chose fear many times over optimism because we do not want to be let know. If we expect the worst then the news is easier to take.

I feel we need to embrace the unknown. Take each others hands in the literal or figurative way and express yourself with a smile and a positive attitude. I think together, we can see the New Year as a new world of promise and fulfillment.

Embrace tomorrow and share it with me.

As I was enjoying the refreshing air blow into my car as I departed Orlando after a fantastic Father/son week of fine dining, football, oceans, coastal plane rides, family reunions, comfortable suites, walks, and antique fairs, I had time to reflect on the last few days.

No blackberry, no computer, and with the exception of one call prior and one post, not a need for work.

The sun was setting and the roads were open and with the time to recover from my emergency room visit last week and a little grey setting in I didn’t conclude that I was expendable; quite the opposite. I realized how important I was to the continued flow of my team and the organization. By having a team built on trust and commitment, I was comfortable knowing my work was in the proper hands and would be ready for a smooth transition upon my return.

That is a true sign of worth. Stability, teamwork, knowledge and autonomy made this vacation a reality. Not to mention a very memorable birthday for my dad and costly for me. All worth it though.

Many of us strive to be noticed. Dare I say we seek to get our “Fifteen Minutes of Professional Fame” In this economy there is some truth is getting noticed but let it not jeopardize your health, your family and your own sanity.

If you are successful and results driven, it is noticed. Be comfortable in the knowledge that others believe in what you are accomplishing and they will step up when you need a break.

Take a break and spend time with those that are important in your life.

Disappear for a few days.

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I want to spend a little time discussing some of the observations and conversations that have come across my circle of existence in the last week.

Before I begin, I would like to let the audience know that I have come into a tremendous amount of new wealth as a result of winning the UK National Lottery and Irish National Lottery all within the time frame of one week. Once I send in all my personal information to the Lottery officials via email I should have the checks very shortly. For those that believe they have won based on similar emails, it’s too late..I won. Go ahead and delete the emails now. I will wait.

I got an very nice and professional call on Tuesday about a role I had that was filled over six weeks ago. I was ready to graciously call the candidate and explain the timing of the interest. The only concern was the time of the call. I believe that a professional with a strong external focus should not have traditional business hours of contact but limits should exist. Please jump in with an opinion. Is 1:45 AM too late to call about a potential career opportunity? If I am wrong I would be most happy to declare to the world that I am wrong and that is an appropriate time for a call.

My brother-in-law in a discussion over brunch, while my brother is teaching my nine year old nephew blackjack, our waitress is searching for bumper stickers, my dad is stealing Splenda and I am rejoicing over how normal my family is, explained that the Lord knows all that will happen. I inquired and asked if he believed in free will. My brother-in-law said “of course” but the Lord still knows everything that will happen. He said that was one of the unexplainable things in life.

After I had a minor head spinning incident I decided nodding was my best course of action.

I leave with this question:

Do you believe in free will, destiny or both????

We will let the audience decide.