What the Heck Happened?

What the Heck Happened?

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You may remember that I relaunched my business website in June 2012 under Flying Meta. So, what happened? Where did I go? Why the slow trickle of posts to the website? Life Happened! Big transitions, shifts, and head-scratching experiences.       The House Last spring we decided to move to a beautiful homestead in the...

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Why Am I Here?

Why Am I Here?

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In the day-to-day grind at work, it is easy to lose ourselves in details. Sometimes the details are important, often they are not. We attend meeting after meeting, produce report after report, fill out template after template, complain, discuss things in circles, and maybe do some actual work. Admittedly, maybe it isn’t that bad...

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7 Easy Ways to Model & Visualize Your Ideas

7 Easy Ways to Model & Visualize Your Ideas

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We all need to brainstorm and communicate ideas, plan new projects, and look at our work from a new perspective. Whether you are planning, selling, marketing, managing, designing, creating, testing, or supporting new products and services, you need to find effective and efficient ways to be more creative, connect with others, and evolve...

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Fast Food Lesson #1: Customers Are Key

Fast Food Lesson #1: Customers Are Key

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This is the first entry for a series of lessons I learned in the fast food industry when I worked at McDonald’s back in the early 90′s. Read the introduction at Fast Food Lessons – A New Series. Note: I am not an advocate for McDonald’s, do not own stock in the company, and don’t plan to step foot in one again if I...

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Series: Fast Food Lessons

Series: Fast Food Lessons

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Many people who know me are surprised to find out that I worked at McDonald’s in high school. Why? … because I am a vegan! Before you get side-tracked, I assure you that I did not become vegan because of the food I ate when I worked there. I’ll leave it at that (although, looking back, it should have been a reason). I remember...

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