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What happens when you’re bored?
Or when you don’t like the way things are? You could just complain. Loudly. You could stoically just accept things as they are. Or you could look past the resignation and the complaints and see the possibilities. Sometimes it isn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Fear, Inspiration, Storytelling, Walt
Tagged boredom, Leadership, postaday2012, Recreation, Unconventional thinking, Walt Disney
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Delays down. Lost luggage down. Bumped fliers down.
Complaints up. Huh? •There was less chance that bags went awry, with 99.7% of fliers getting bags on time. Overall, the rate of mishandled baggage fell to the lowest on record in 2011, falling to 3.39 per 1,000 passengers from … Continue reading
11 years and 9 months ago?
I wonder if they knew? Or even suspected? In the 11 years and 9 months since the first geocache was placed, there is single date on which only a small fraction of geocachers have ever logged a cache. We suspect … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Technology, Travel
Tagged February 29, February 29 2012, geocaching, Geocaching.com, Groundspeak, Groundspeak Weekly Newsletter, Mike Reardon, Outdoors, postaday2012, Recreation
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Sometimes we all need
a little boost A little inspiration, a little heart-start Where do you go to find inspiration? Or, do you find it everywhere? Just Sayin’
Posted in Inspiration, Signs, Walt
Tagged Carpe Diem, Disney, Disneyland, Mike Reardon, postaday2011, Recreation, The Walt Disney Company, Unconventional thinking, Walt Disney Company
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The rest rooms are where?
In the trees. At first, I thought it was a joke. A prank. Then I saw this sign. Was I wrong? Do you just go in the woods? They had me goin’ for a minute. Yes, this entire post was … Continue reading
Posted in Branding, Just for fun, Storytelling, Travel
Tagged bathroom humor, humor, Mike Reardon, Mount Rainier, postaday2011, Pranks, Recreation, storytelling
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I took a walk in Portland
Just to see what I would find I was heading to Powell’s City of Books. I found a pendulum. And a Park. And a great cup of coffee. Maybe I should take a walk more often. Just Sayin’ Related articles … Continue reading
Posted in Inspiration, Mike's Story, Travel
Tagged Carpe Diem, Mike Reardon, Oregon, Portland, Portland Oregon, postaday2011, Recreation, Travel, walking
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What can we learn from roller coasters?
Energy isn’t free Like all typical rollercoasters, the Zillerator has no engine. It’s lifted up the first hill by a chain mechanism and propelled downward by the forces of nature. Gravity and momentum take it all the way to the … Continue reading
Posted in Inspiration, Leadership
Tagged Attractions, Carpe Diem, Kinetic energy, postaday2011, Potential energy, Recreation, Roller coaster, Theme Parks, Unconventional thinking, Zillerator
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So, if your job feels like a bad day at Chuck E Cheese
What do you do? The options seem somewhat limited? Play a different game? The games are all pretty much the same. And they all give the same tickets for the same lousy prizes. Sounds depressing, doesn’t it? The secret is … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Inspiration
Tagged Carpe Diem, Change, Cheese, Chuck E. Cheese, Games, Pizza, postaday2011, Recreation, Shopping, Unconventional thinking, Video Games
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What I was wondering was
If jobs were like Chuck E Cheese? You give up something of value. Play the “game” hoping to get a good score. And then trade your tickets for “prizes. Prizes that often turn out to be worth far less than … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Inspiration, So What?
Tagged Carpe Diem, Change, Cheese, Chuck E. Cheese, Games, Pizza, postaday2011, Recreation, Shopping, Unconventional thinking, Video Games
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A friend said something the other day
That reminded me of a Robert Frost poem I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I- I took the one less traveled by, And that has made … Continue reading
